We are a collective project, founded in Glasgow, gathering and sharing stories about trees in word, song, image, video and more. Actor Tam Dean Burn inspired the project. Other partners include Glasgow City Council and Strathclyde University.
The city is the leading steward of our trees. Our educators have custodianship of Glasgow’s learners. Our artists make meaning of and for the city. But all of us have a story to tell and a role to play in helping trees to help Glasgow.
What is “Every Tree” for?
The project is simple, using community participation to map trees, and record their stories around Glasgow. We hope sharing Glasgow’s tree stories can shape better rooted classes, places, policies, and plantings.
Some tree stories root out unheard voices and histories. Others retell the role of trees in our lives, our art, our work and our play. We hope sharing Glasgow’s tree stories can shape better rooted classes, places, policies, and plantings. We believe in nature based solutions for our city, its future and present citizens and for our planet.
We all share a deep love of trees, forests and woodland. In our day jobs, the tree stories will help us design better place-based policies for Glasgow, and to teach better classes to tomorrow’s citizens on their arboreal heritage. They will help form the foundation for wider, deeper, nature-based solutions, too.
Now, we invite you to join our story, by exploring this website, and becoming part of “Every Tree Tells a Story” too.
Every Tree Tells a Story 