How woods can benefit your business
Planting the right tree, in the right place, can help diversify business income, offset emissions, and bring direct benefits to your land, crops, and livestock. Find out more in the collection of resources below.
Overview
Diversify your business, earn income and improve your land and its contribution to society and the wider environment, all by creating woodland.
Boost your business
Read more about how tree planting and woodland creation can help you generate reliable income streams that work with your business objectives.
A look at woodland financials
Delve deeper into how woodland income from grants, carbon, and timber stack up in our anonymised case studies.
Available financial support
The Forestry Commission and our delivery partners offer a range of grants for different woodland creation projects, offering you the flexibility and financial support to plant.
View our collection: Tree planting and woodland creation: funding and advice.
Other reading and resources
Find out more about the far-reaching benefits woods can bring to your bottom line with the further reading and resources below.
- How trees can stack up to help your farm business diversify (blog)
- Grow your income using every part of a tree (infographic)
- Wood Culture (infographic)
- Women in forestry mean business (guest blog with the Institute of Chartered Foresters)
- Grow your income through woodland creation – carbon credits (video)
- Grascott Farm: Woods Mean Business (video case study)
Visit the tree planting and woodland creation overview page to learn more about the wider benefits of woodland, or read our case studies to see tree planting in action.