Trees in Chichester

Come! Walk through our city. You will be hard pushed to stand, outdoors in any part of our streets and public spaces, and NOT to see a tree. Not always in front of you but, if you turn 360 degrees, there will be a patch of green leaf or brown/grey bark somewhere.

Each tree tells a story, of careful planting or random seed, of space and air and water and time. From our streets, to our parks, our gardens and wild spaces, our urban forest is busy, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.


Chichester Tree Wardens are volunteers who keep an eye out for trees. Wherever we look, there is something to learn, from seedlings to ancient trees, city centre to rural fringes. We hope you will join us in looking at, and after, trees in Chichester and trees wherever you happen to be.

Watering young amenity trees is crucial!

JULY 2026 UPDATE

"With less than 1mm of rainfall recorded anywhere in the week ending 14 July, the dry weather of previous weeks has continued across England. Rainfall totals for the month to date range from 0% of the LTA in east and south-east England to 9% in the north-west. For England as a whole, just 3% of the LTA has been received.


Soil moisture deficits continued to grow across England, as high temperatures and very dry weather continue. Soils are now much drier than average in all parts of the country."


Source: Environment Agency summary report - Dry weather and drought in England: 10 July to 16 July 2026

We are working on a campaign to encourage residents to water young trees near them, where a weekly watering regime is not provided by the site manager and volunteer watering is feasible (sufficient water can be provided safely).


 A new webpage should be created shortly, but in the meantime please visit our existing page for how-to information and a volunteer form to let us know you're on the case.

The photos below show what a difference you can make! (Not all trees will respond so well, and ideally regular watering would start before the tree showed signs of stress and prevent it, but let's try to save those trees we can.)

Thank you to everyone who supported our 2 entries in Festival of Chichester 2026:

  • Explore Trees in Litten Gardens on the evening of Thursday 25th June, sponsored by Chichester Quakers; and
  • "A Tree Odyssey" by Jon Stokes, Director of Trees, Science and Research at The Tree Council, on Tuesday 14th July. 

Follow us via our page on TicketSource to learn of future events, or if you would like us to support an event you are planning, please get in touch. Our confidence is also growing in devising walks and talks. Or why not treat one or more of us to an informal walk and show us the trees you love? We'd love to hear from you.

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Page updated & Links checked: 7th March 2026.