Tree Festival 2025 – Events enjoyed

The Festival celebrated the value, impact and beauty of trees with a host of free events for everyone to enjoy.

Centred around two weeks in June, but with events throughout the spring and summer, the Festival offered something for everyone to enjoy. All the events had one thing in common – they celebrated the amazing value and beauty of trees in our area.

See events enjoyed during the Festival

Following the success of the Tree Festival 2024, this year’s programme expanded beyond Brighton & Hove to include the entire Living Coast Biosphere, Sussex. Community groups across the area organised events to enjoy and contribute to.

CPRE Sussex trustee Penny Hudd said: “We are delighted to expand this year’s festival across the Living Coast UNESCO Biosphere and give more people than ever the opportunity to celebrate the value of trees. We have a hugely exciting programme of events lined up – from talks and walks to children’s activities, storytelling and music.”

Martin Harris, Chair of The Living Coast, said: “We are thrilled to support the Tree Festival with CPRE, a fantastic series of events encouraging local residents to connect with nature on their doorstep.”

As well as the events programme, there were opportunities to get involved before the festival and throughout June with pre-festival events, tree trails and the ‘I love this tree because…’ photography competition. See the winning photos

The Tree Festival 2025 highlighted the extraordinary beauty and value of trees. It was organised by CPRE Sussex, the countryside charity, volunteers and local groups. The Festival is sponsored by Connick Tree Care and Rampion Offshore Wind and supported by The Living Coast.