Elm Trees Return to the English Countryside

The majestic elm tree, once a quintessential part of the British countryside, is beginning to make a comeback thanks to a new project supported by ITF.

An ambitious plan to bring back the majestic elm tree to the British countryside is well underway. With hundreds of elm saplings being planted in West Sussex by our partner, Conservation Foundation.

Elm trees were all but wiped out by Dutch elm disease in the 1960s and 1970s. But now, The Conservation Foundation is planting saplings in Sussex propagated from mature elm trees which appear to have been disease-free for 40 years.

Read more about this project in our latest Trees Journal.

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