Woodland Trust Tree of the Year 2025

Standing tall on one of Glasgow’s busiest roads, the winner of the Woodland Trust’s 2025 competition is a mature, bright green ash, known locally as The Only Tree on Argyle Street. It is rooted in the social history of Glasgow, having survived the Clydeside Blitz, the rise and fall of industry and is now defying the odds to resist ash-dieback. In recognition of its cultural and ecological value to the city, the tree was the first in Glasgow to be protected by a tree preservation order. 

Of the ten finalists (see https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/tree-of-the-year/) the two runners-up are a sessile oak and a silver birch.