About Us
Glasgow Tree Lovers' Society
2023 marks the 90th anniversary of the founding of this Society. Back in 1932 correspondence in the ‘Glasgow Herald’, about the cutting down of trees in University Avenue by the city authorities, drew together people who wanted to make Glasgow more beautiful. They collaborated with the Civic Society as their Tree Planting Committee.
The Society’s first big work, the planting of the central verge of the Knightswood Boulevard, led to the planting by Glasgow Corporation, within the city boundary, of the Glasgow/Edinburgh road verges, and then ultimately to the landscaping of the whole of the A8 between Scotland’s two major cities.
Prunus 'Kanzan' in Alexandra Park
Sweet chestnut natural regeneration
Services Offer
- Visits each year to sites of arboricultural interest both local and farther afield
- An annual outing to areas of silvicultural interest.
- Grants made available for tree-related projects.
- Planting bulbs in conjunction with school groups
- Hearing occasional talks from tree experts on different aspects of horticulture.inar dapibus.
- Producing a bi-annual newsletter, ‘Tree Cuttings’.
- Meeting like-minded people who have a passion for native and introduced trees, in nature, woods and gardens.
- The society was formed in 1933 and aims to promote beauty in the city.
Gallery
White willow Robroyston Nature Reserve
Silver birch Glasgow Green
Norway spruce behind Lister statue Kelvingrove
Tibetan cherry trunk Elder Park
Silver birch Hogganfield Park
West-Himalayan-birch
Hornbeam-avenue-Glasgow-Low-Green
White willow Robroyston Nature Reserve
Scots pine Glasgow Botanic Gardens
Autumn-tints-Norway-maple-Kelvingrove-park
Linn park waterfall
Narrow-leaved ash opp. Govan station
Row of poplars in Maryhill park
Dawsholm Park purple sycamore
Old narrow-leaved ash Kelvingrove
Foundation of the Society
The Anniesland/Knightswood Boulevard was planted with trees to mark the centenary of Sir Walter Scott’s death in 1832. By autumn 1933 the Society had over 300 members.
The Society’s first big work, the planting of the central verge of the Knightswood Boulevard, led to the landscaping of the A8 between Scotland’s two major cities.
The Society’s first big work, the planting of the central verge of the Knightswood Boulevard, led to the landscaping of the A8 between Scotland’s two major cities.
