About Moor Trees

Moor Trees is an independent Devon-based charity founded in the year 2000, dedicated to restoring native broadleaved woodland across Dartmoor and the surrounding South Devon countryside. Dartmoor was once a richly forested landscape, with ancient woodland coating the valleys and lower slopes — flourishing with wildlife and connecting the moors to the coast. Over thousands of years, much of this has been lost.

At the heart of Moor Trees' work is a simple but powerful idea: grow trees from locally collected seed, and plant them where native woodland once stood. Each autumn, volunteers gather thousands of seeds — acorns, hazel, alder, birch, rowan and hawthorn — from local hedgerows and woodlands. These are nurtured in two community tree nurseries, where over 100,000 seedlings are growing at any one time, ready for a future in the woodlands of tomorrow.

Since the year 2000, Moor Trees has planted over 195,000 trees and helped create more than 175 woodlands and hedgerows across Dartmoor and South Devon. Over 275 volunteers take part every year, reconnecting with nature and contributing to something that will last for generations. By donating the proceeds of our carrier bag sales to Moor Trees, we are proud to play a small part in this remarkable mission.