- Trees offer a habitat and food for a diverse selection of wildlife from creepy crawlies to badgers, birds and squirrels.
- Wonderful for screening or creating a windbreak
- Tree hugging
- Trees are the lungs of the world and a great way to mop up your carbon footprint
- If home grown is how you like your grub then trees offer a massive array of fruits from popular apples to the more unusual medlar, mirabelle or quince
- With a huge choice of foliage and flower colours there is a tree to suit most schemes
- Something for the dog to cock his leg against
- Ideal to soak up moisture in an over-wet garden
- Even small spaces can fit a tree with some growing to just 2 meters
- Trees can be grown for firewood or coppiced for their fine bark such as willows that are used for weaving
- A natural way to create shade in the garden
- Great for kids to collect autumn leaves and take bark rubbings
- Perfect to stabilise soil on slopes
- Aesthetically pleasing
- Wine making - birch sap wine is said to be rather potent!
Phew! Anymore?
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