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World Record Attempt - Saturday 5 December

Tree O'Clock

As part of national tree week, Tree O'Clock is a world record attempt to plant the most trees in one hour. Saturday, 5th December, 11am - 12 noon.

Click here to get more info on why plant a tree and other faqs.

If you want to get involved through an organisation, school or community group, become a Tree O'Clock Partner.


Have fun and break a world record in 4 easy steps:

Trevor our digging animation
Percy our picnicing animation
Step 1. Get a tree
Step 2. Plant your tree
Step 3. Take a photo
Step 4. Email your photo

And enjoy your tree for decades....


If you live outside the UK you can still get involved, check out our international planters page.

Join Tree O'Clock by pledging to plant a tree

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Step 1 - Get a tree

Over a thousand free give-away schemes are planned in local garden centres, Forestry Commission Visitor Centres across the country over the next two weeks. For more info about where to find your nearest store click here.

To find other local authority tree give-away schemes click here.

Already have a tree? Just make sure the tree is native to the UK and suits your local area.

If you live outside of the UK, see our International Planters page for more information.

Step 2 - Plant your tree

Download our tree planting guide and check out our handy tree planting page.

Any questions? Check out our FAQs page.

Plant your tree between 11am–12noon on the 5 December

Download PdfDownload our tree planting guide

Step 3 - Take a photo

Make sure the time and date are set correctly on your digital camera or camera phone. Then get someone to take a photo of you planting your tree or take a before and after shot if you are on your own. Remember; if you are planting more than one tree make sure you get photos of you planting them all.

Step 4 - Email us your photo

We need evidence to prove you have planted the tree so we can verify the record with Guinness.

  • Set the correct time and date on your camera.
  • The photo must be taken between 11am and 12 noon GMT - we will be checking this information from the photo.
  • Email us the photo - do not crop or change the photo, because this will change the date and time on the photo.
  • Email your photo to us at breathingplacestrees@bbc.co.uk, by 12 noon on Friday 11th December 2009.
  • Tell us what type of tree you have planted and the full postal address of your site, including postcode, so make sure you include this in your email.

All photos and personal information will be shared with Guinness World Records for adjudication purposes.

Now join Tree O'Clock and pledge to plant a tree

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