Summary of a series of Natural England technical information notes on managing and creating traditional orchards, with links to each note listed as well. Published in 2010 and now in the National Archives but still useful.

The Trees and Woodland Strategy (TAWS) Toolkit is a step-by-step guide for Local Authorities and their stakeholders to develop and deliver a local tree strategy and harness the long-term benefits that trees can bring to local communities.

This guide and a companion database aim to offer a comprehensive decision-making tool on selecting appropriate species for a range of contrasting planting scenarios.

This web page lists a range of useful guidance documents for urban trees, from the Trees and Design Action Group. Two of these are listed separately in the library, but this web page also includes specific guides on using urban trees for water management and for mitigating urban heat.

This classic guide was released in 2014 but is an excellent source of advice for urban trees. It explores the practical challenges and solutions to integrating trees in 21st century streets, civic spaces and surface car parks, detailing process, design and technical options.

This short guide summarises a wide range of existing guidance by organisations such as Buglife, Plantlife and Butterfly Conservation into ten steps to show how urban grassland and verges can be managed better for biodiversity, focusing on both plants and invertebrates.

This website provides a basic guide to understanding the green wall industry in the UK, an overview of the main benefits from installing green walls and major considerations when designing or constructing a green wall. Example projects are highlighted as a guide to potential applications for green walls.

UKHab is one of the habitat classification systems that can be used to assess habitat type and condition as part of a ground-truthing exercise, before any NbS interventions go ahead.

This government web page briefly lists key steps for people in England wanting to develop nature-based solutions to reduce flooding in their areas, including the regulatory implications and who to contact for further advice.

This guide summarises the current best practice for how green infrastructure can reduce public exposure to air pollution in the urban environment.

This two-page guide shows how to sample soils and quickly perform a visual assessment of structure in the field, assigning structure to one of five classes from friable to very compact. It includes photographs showing examples of the different structures.

This WWF paper proposes 12 principles for how the benefits of nature-based solutions can be shared in a way that is fair, accountable, rights-based and effective. The principles are intended to be a shared statement of ambitious ethical guidelines.