Location: Glasgow

Tree Canopy Cover: 16.1%

Target Canopy Cover across GCR: 20%

Levern & District

Levern & District is a community council area in Glasgow that takes in South Nitshill and Priesthill and is home to the Silverburn Shopping Centre. It contains a number of key transport routes; bordered to the east by the M77 motorway, to the north and west by the busy A73 and has the main Glasgow South Western railway line running through it.

It has been selected as a target neighbourhood due to canopy cover sitting at 16.1%, is the ambition to increase the urban across the whole of Glasgow City Region to 20%. A total of 6109 whips (small trees) and 7 standards (large trees) have been planted in Levern & District to date.

Work to date

In 2021, CCF planted 2515 whips in various sites in Househill Park across two planting events and a further 1100 whips were planted at Hapland Road in 2024 season with Glasgow City Council Staff, CCF Tree Warden volunteers and Trees for Cities Youth Group as part of Glasgow City Councils Green Connectors project.

In 2025/2026, approx 1150 whips were planted by the CCF team, Green Action Trust staff, Tree Wardens and volunteers from The Conservation Volunteers Biodiversity Action Team at Whitehaugh Road. This has created a large section of brand new woodland and will greatly increase tree canopy cover in the community.

'1000 trees' Campaign

We are delighted to have knocked it out of the park with our 1000 trees target in Levern & District. An amazing 6109 whips and 7 standards have now been planted in the area due to the efforts of a wide range of partners.

A huge thanks also goes to our volunteers, local youth group and CCF tree wardens who continue to make huge strides in helping us achieve our goals.

The trees planted across Levern & District will have a really positive impact on the urban environment and will provide a place for wildlife to thrive.

Our Sponsors for Levern & District

We are keen to develop business support for our local projects. Businesses who have helped this project through donations and / or tree planting will be shown here. If you'd like to sponsor this project contact business@clydeclimateforest.co.uk

How you can help our Levern & District project

Do you live in this area?

If you live in the area shown, please let us know where you’d like to see trees planted.

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Are you a local business?

If you are a local business, perhaps you’d like to sponsor some trees.

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Do you own or manage land here?

If you own or manage land in the area shown, you could pledge land for tree planting.

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Our Project Partners

We are developing this project with Trees for Cities, TCV, and Green Action Trust. The project is supported by the Woodland Trust’s Emergency Tree Fund and Scottish Forestry.