Reimagining the Levels
and catchments
“Somerset people taking practical action to shape landscapes and communities which are healthy, productive and resilient.”
Think global. Act local.
The 2025/26 tree planting season has begun! We are planting until the end of March.
Planting Trees in Somerset
In the aftermath of the floods of 2014, Reimagining the Levels was formed seeking environmentally sustainable solutions to the challenges of climate breakdown in Somerset.
Protecting the landscape and homes of humans and wildlife has become our priority and we have grown to become one of the leading tree and hedgerow planting organisations in Somerset.
If you are a school, community group or a private landowner who wants to plant trees and/or hedges, Reimagining the Levels can help.
Since 2020 over 120,000 trees including more than four miles of hedgerows have been planted throughout Somerset, helping heal and support nature.
Join us!
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If you have land and you want to plant woodland or hedgerows…
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If you’re a community group and you want to plant…
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If you’re interested in volunteering…
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If you’d like to sign up for the RTL newsletter or you have any questions…
Please get in touch with Kate by email katetowers.rtl@gmail.com or telephone on 07872 664543
Arwen planting her tree, a Small Leaf Lime in 2022
Visiting her tree in 2025
Topics
Trees & Woodland
Woodland cover over the Somerset Levels and Catchment is low – at 8% compared to 13% for England and many of the smaller woodlands …
Flooding
Severe 1-in-100 years events are likely to become twice as frequent by the 2050s. Sights like this will be commonplace …
Food
The Production, Supply and Consumption of our Food needs RADICAL CHANGE
Soil and farming
Significant areas of peat soils act as a store of organic carbon while farmland soils absorb rainfall and reduce the risk of flooding …
Nature and Wildlife
The Somerset Levels and Catchment as a whole boasts one of the largest and biologically richest areas found anywhere in the UK.
Climate Change
The large-scale, long-term shift in the planet’s weather patterns, or average temperatures that the world’s scientists …
Take action!
Action: What we are doing
Tree planting, looking at phosphates, contributing to the Somerset Tree Strategy…
Action: What you can do
We can all do something to help…. here are some ideas for small changes which will help. If everyone did a little, it would add up to a lot!
Action: What others are doing
Links to other organisations working to bring change to our lives on the Levels…
The Levels & Moors Catchment Area
