Love your Yew Week

8th – 14th February, 2025

February 2025 marks the launch of Love Your Yew Week (8^th-14^th Feb), a new initiative dedicated to the care and preservation of ancient yew trees. This annual week encourages those caring for these special trees, most of which are within churchyards, to focus on simple yet impactful ways to safeguard these remarkable living monuments.

The theme for 2025 is ivy growth on yews. Ivy, while valuable to wildlife, can impede a yew’s ability to thrive, especially on old trees. Love Your Yew Week 2025 will provide guidance for carefully removing ivy from yew trees, ensuring these fantastic trees remain healthy and resilient for generations to come. Join us this February in showing appreciation for these ancient giants and helping to secure their future!

yew tree overgrown with ivy — Yew Tree covered in ivy
*Photo credit: Russell Ball*

yew tree cleared of ivy — Yew Tree cleared of ivy
*Photo credit: Russell Ball*

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