Naturenet: Tree Resources

Tree Resources
A selection of publications and contact points for further information.

National and regional organisations

Arboricultural Association (AA): professional organisation; publishes guidelines. Tel: 01794 368717.
Arboricultural Advisory and Information Service (AAIS): Tree Helpline; research, publications. Tel: 0897 161147.
Association for Environment Conscious Building (AECB): advice on sustainable building including timber use. Tel: 01559 370908.
British Standards Institution (BSI): set and publish standards. Tel: 020 7629 9000.
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV): publishes good practical guides on conservation including the Conservation Volunteers Northern Ireland book on growing native trees from seed.
Forestry Authority SE England Conservancy: statutory body for forestry, including Woodland Grant Scheme, felling licences. Tel: 01420 23337.
Health and Safety Executive: investigates breaches of H&S legislation.
National House Building Council (NHBC): builders’ organisation; set and publish guidelines. Tel: 01494 434477.
National Joint Utilities Group (NJUG): utilities’ organisation; set and publish guidelines. Tel: 020 7 344 5720.
National Proficiency Tests Council (NPTC): training body for tree work. Tel: 024 76696553.
National Small Woodlands Association: independent woodland owners’ group.Tel: 01743 792644.
The Tree Council: consortium of tree groups, organise Tree Week. Tel: 020 7828 9928.
Wessex Coppice Group: promotes coppice and coppice crafts. Tel: 01962 772030.
Hampshire Coppice Craftsmens Group: "putting life into your landscape".
Woodlots SE England: market for selling & buying timber & woodland produce. Tel: 01580 879552.

Publications

Author	Title	Publisher	Year
A Aikman	Tree Houses	Hale	1988
J Bennett	Wild about the Garden	Boxtree/Channel 4	1998
PG Biddle	Tree Root Damage to Buildings	Willowmead	1998
British Standards Institution	BS 3998 Recommendations for Tree Work	BSI	1989
British Standards Institution	BS 3936 Specification for Nursery Stock	BSI	1992
British Standards Institution	BS 5837 Guide for Trees in Relation to Construction	BSI	1991
A Brooks	Woodlands: a practical conservation handbook	BTCV	1980
JA Capel and DH Thorman	A Guide to Tree Pruning	AA	1994
D Browne	Our Trees: a guide to growing Northern Ireland’s native trees from seed	CVNI	1990
Department of Environment	Protected Trees	HMSO	1999
M Dobson and D Patch	Trees in Dispute	AAIS	1997
English Nature	Guide to the Care of Ancient Trees	HMSO	1996
N Ferguson	Right Plant, Right Place	Pan	1984
K Fern	Plants for a Future	Permanent Publications	1997
Forestry Commission	The Recognition of Hazardous Trees	HMSO	1992
R Hart	Forest Gardening	Green Books	1991
H Johnson	Encyclopaedia of Trees	Mitchell Beazley	1984
C Kelway	Seaside Gardening	Collingridge	1962
B Kiser	Trees and Aftercare	BTCV	1996
C Mattheck and H Breloer	The Body Language of Trees	HMSO	1994
JE Milner/Channel 4	The Tree Book	Collins and Brown
A Mitchell	Trees of Britain and Northern Europe	Collins	1978
A Mitchell and A Coombes	The Garden Tree Book	Weidenfeld and Nicolson	1998
NHBC Standards	Chapter 4.2 Buildings near Trees	NHBC
NJUG	Guidelines for the planning, installation and maintenance of utility services in proximity to trees	NJUG	1995
G Peterken	Woodland Conservation and Management	Chapman and Hall	1993
R Phillips	Trees in Britain, Europe and North America	Pan	1978
O Rackham	Trees and Woodland in the British Landscape	Dent	1976
AL Shigo	Tree Pruning	Shigo and Trees	1989
RG Strouts and TG Winter	Diagnosis of Ill-Health in Trees	HMSO	1994
GS Thomas	Plants for Ground Cover	Dent	1977
Tree People with A and K Lipkis	The Simple Act of Planting a Tree	Jeremy P Tarcher Inc	1996

Compiled by Rowan Adams, former Tree and Landscape Officer, for the Isle of Wight Council. Reproduced by kind permission.

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