Urban Forestry Competitors

At Ground Control, we believe that well-maintained spaces inspire people and create thriving communities. This belief is at the heart of everything we do. As the UK's leading external maintenance and biodiversity specialist, we support over 50,000 commercial properties by caring for the grounds, landscapes, and environments that shape daily life. Our comprehensive services include Grounds Maintenance, Landscape Construction and Design, Arboriculture, Winter Gritting, EV Charging Point Installation, and more. We blend deep environmental expertise with advanced technology and data, enabling our clients to care for their spaces and achieve meaningful sustainability goals—because making a positive impact truly matters. We are proud to be named one of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2026 in the Big Organisation category, B Corp certified, a Living Wage Employee and recipients of the RoSPA Order of Distinction, with 16 consecutive Gold Awards for exemplary health and safety. Our commitment to Net Zero by 2038 is externally verified by SBTi, with ISO 14001 guiding our processes. We drive carbon reduction through innovative client-facing initiatives. Our vision is to leave the world better than we found it. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human nature by uniting people, places, and the planet.

As the Los Angeles region faces severe impacts from climate change, TreePeople unites the power of trees, people and nature-based solutions to grow a more climate-ready city. The organization inspires, engages and supports Angelenos to take personal responsibility for the urban environment, facilitates collaboration among government agencies, and promotes leadership by grassroots volunteers, students and communities. Together, we are growing a greener, shadier, healthier and more water-secure Los Angeles for present and future generations. For more info, visit treepeople.org.

The Tree Council was founded nearly 50 years ago as the charity focused on trees growing outside the major forests and woodlands – the trees in your street, your local park or school playground, in orchards and hedgerows and pastures around the UK. Our work includes: - Support for a network of more than 5,000 volunteer Tree Wardens who help plant and conserve trees in communities around England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - Science and social research in partnership with Defra, Forest Research, Fera and others - An important relationship with Network Rail as their ‘critical friend’ and adviser on vegetation management along 20,000 miles of railway corridors - An annual community programme, which connects people with trees and the natural world - Partnerships with our 120 Member organisations; key relations such as the Woodland Trust, Trees for Cities and Learning through Landscapes; academic partners such as Newcastle and Strathclyde Universities; and generous supporters including The Weston Family, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and others. - A small grants programme for planting with schools and other groups, culminating in National Tree Week every November.