The European Tree of the Year competition has been running since 2011 and selects a tree from participating countries (now 15 in number) by public vote. It was inspired by an earlier Czech national tree contest. Most countries hold a national poll to select their entrant for each year. Nominations are made in the year preceding the award. Voting for the European tree of the year commences on 1 February each year and lasts until the end of the month. A live, online display of the votes cast for each tree is displayed until the last week in February when final voting figures are kept secret. The winner is announced at an awards ceremony in late March held in the EU Parliament, Brussels.
Since 2015, there has been a promotional tree tour visiting many candidate trees during the voting month of February. Media PR events, and community, child led, art contests take place for each tree, with the winning art works being displayed at the awards ceremony.
In more recent years, a #TreesInNeed blog[2] has been promoted by the contest organisers to highlight the plight of numerous trees across Europe under threat of destruction.
The UK's most successful tree in the contest is the Brimmon Oak, finishing 2nd in 2017.
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european, tree, year, annual, contest, held, find, most, loveable, tree, europe, logo, contest, contest, held, environmental, partnership, association, organization, supported, european, land, owners, association, european, commission, contents, history, winne. The European Tree of the Year is an annual contest held to find the most loveable tree in Europe 1 Logo of the European Tree of the Year contest The contest is held by the Environmental Partnership Association EPA an organization supported by the European Land Owners Association and the European Commission 1 Contents 1 History 2 Winners 2 1 Winners by country 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe European Tree of the Year competition has been running since 2011 and selects a tree from participating countries now 15 in number by public vote It was inspired by an earlier Czech national tree contest Most countries hold a national poll to select their entrant for each year Nominations are made in the year preceding the award Voting for the European tree of the year commences on 1 February each year and lasts until the end of the month A live online display of the votes cast for each tree is displayed until the last week in February when final voting figures are kept secret The winner is announced at an awards ceremony in late March held in the EU Parliament Brussels Since 2015 there has been a promotional tree tour visiting many candidate trees during the voting month of February Media PR events and community child led art contests take place for each tree with the winning art works being displayed at the awards ceremony In more recent years a TreesInNeed blog 2 has been promoted by the contest organisers to highlight the plight of numerous trees across Europe under threat of destruction The UK s most successful tree in the contest is the Brimmon Oak finishing 2nd in 2017 Winners editEuropean Tree of the Year winners Year Photo Location Name Species Ref 2011 nbsp nbsp Leliceni Romania Lime in Leliceni Tilia cordata 3 2012 nbsp nbsp Felsomocsolad Hungary The Old Lime Tree of Felsomocsolad Felsomocsoladi oreg hars hu Tilia sp 2013 nbsp nbsp Eger Hungary Plane tree in Eger Platanus acerifolia 4 2014 nbsp nbsp Sliven Bulgaria The Old Elm Ulmus minor 5 2015 nbsp nbsp Orissaare Estonia Oak tree on a football field Orissaare staadioni tamm et Quercus robur 6 2016 nbsp nbsp Bataszek Hungary The oldest tree of Bataszek Bataszeki molyhos tolgy hu Quercus pubescens 7 2017 nbsp nbsp Wisniowa Poland Oak Jozef Dab Jozef pl Quercus robur 8 2018 nbsp nbsp Aguas de Moura Portugal Whistler cork oak tree Quercus suber 9 2019 nbsp nbsp Pecs Hungary The Almond Tree of the Snowy Hill in Pecs Prunus dulcis 10 2020 nbsp nbsp Chudobin Czech Republic Guardian of the Flooded Village Chudobinska borovice cs Pinus sylvestris 11 2021 nbsp nbsp Lecina Spain The Millennial Carrasca of Lecina Carrasca milenaria de Lecina es Quercus ilex 12 2022 nbsp nbsp Przybudki Poland Oak Dunin Dab Dunin pl Quercus robur 13 2023 nbsp nbsp Lodz Poland Oak Fabrykant Dab Fabrykant pl Quercus robur 14 Winners by country edit Country Number nbsp Hungary 4 nbsp Poland 3 nbsp Bulgaria 1 nbsp Czech Republic 1 nbsp Estonia 1 nbsp Portugal 1 nbsp Romania 1 nbsp Spain 1See also editEuropean City of the Trees Tree of the Year United Kingdom Tree of the Year Portugal List of individual treesReferences edit a b Eric Simpson 1 January 2015 Branching out Major Oak aims to win Eurovision for trees BBC News Online Retrieved 1 January 2015 European Tree of the Year www treeoftheyear org 500 year old lime tree in Leliceni Romania named Europe s tree of the year awarded at Brussels Retrieved 6 April 2022 Hungarian Plane Tree wins European Tree of the Year award Retrieved 6 April 2022 Thousand year old city tree is named European Tree of the Year Retrieved 6 April 2022 Oak on Orissaare stadium European Tree of the Year 2015 Retrieved 6 April 2022 Oldest tree of Bataszek is the European tree of the year Retrieved 6 April 2022 Oak Jozef wins the european contest Retrieved 6 April 2022 Two century old Portuguese cork tree named European Tree of Year in online poll Retrieved 6 April 2022 The Almond Tree of the Snowy Hill in Pecs European Tree of the Year Archived from the original on 18 January 2022 Retrieved 2 April 2019 European Tree of the Year www treeoftheyear org Retrieved 12 May 2020 Watch Tree of the Year 2021 results announcement European Tree of the Year 2022 European Tree of the Year 2023External links edit nbsp Media related to European Tree of the Year at Wikimedia Commons Official website Website and Channel der Environmental Partnership Association Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title European Tree of the Year amp oldid 1221675513, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
