Welcome to Mighty Fine Oaks
Mighty Fine Oaks grow and sell pedigree oaklings lovingly reared from the vintage wild oaks of England — iconic ancient and veteran trees that have stood watch over historic estates, sacred groves, parkland, wood pasture and other noble landscapes for many centuries
We work with around 60 landowners in 33 counties gathering acorns to grow into special oaks suited for you, whether you’re planting a single tree, a sacred grove, overseeing a parkland restoration, starting out on the road to nature recovery, conservation planting, creating a new pasture woodland or simply planting a magical tree brimming with story and history, to engage your folk with hearty tales and merriment. Many clients adore our oaks as gifts for birthdays, engagements, weddings, christenings, births, anniversaries, retirements, memorials and even burial trees
We have over 2,500 wonderful oaklings available, from 30cm to over 5m tall (eleven-year-olds), and everything in between. Each has provenance to their own 'mother' Oak. We also have an abundance of newly-germinating acorns from last autumn's bumper mast acorn crop. These were lovingly hand-plucked from 46 mother oaks, nine of which are likely over 1,000 years old! These monumental beings were probably already singing to one another, in fine fettle, when the Norman Invasion began!
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Get in touch to arrange a tour of our Oxfordshire nursery, and speak to Benedict 'Le Chênelier', our oak connoisseur, who can guide you through the process of choosing your bespoke Mighty Fine Oaks.
Do check out our Mission - honouring and celebrating Oaks
We invite you to weave the story of the Royal Realm of the Oak, through nature and nurture, science and myth - let's create the future wildwood together for our descendants to marvel in
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We plan to offer oaks gathered from acorns of ancient oaks in every old county in mainland Britain
WE ARE ALREADY CONNECTED WITH LANDOWNERS
ACROSS 33 OLD ENGLISH COUNTIES
Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire,
Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, Durham, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, Westmorland (south Cumbria), Wiltshire, Yorkshire
On the horizon ... Cornwall, Cumberland (north Cumbria), Huntingdonshire (west Cambridgeshire), Isle of Wight, Middlesex, Northumberland, Rutland, Worcestershire
Our first acorns from Ancient Welsh Oaks arrived in October 2025
Scotland is the final frontier!
We are always interested to connect to any landowners with ancient oaks
FRIDAY 3RD APRIL 2026, 12:30PM to 1700PM
Mighty Fine Oaks Nursery Open Day
National Garden Scheme
Our Nursery is usually open by appointment only. On Good Friday this year, we will be open to the public for those attending the National Garden Open Day Scheme for our 'parent' landscape, Sarsden Glebe Farm.
More details below:
FRIDAY 30TH JANUARY 2026 (10:30AM to 16:30PM)
Launch Party Mighty Fine Oaks Tree Nursery with
Founder Benedict Pollard who will present: 'The Soul of the Oak'
& Aljos Farjon - author of 'Ancient Oaks in the English Landscape'
who will present: 'Rewilding Oak' (his forthcoming book - due out summer 2026)
WEDNESDAY 15TH TO 19TH OCTOBER 2025
Acorns as Alchemical Symbols
Visions for the Future, Broughton Sanctuary, Yorkshire
with Founder Benedict Pollard
Benedict presented participants with an acorn gathered from the largest-girthed (and probably the oldest) oak in Britain. Imbued with intention, prayer and blessings, it represented a symbol of inner transformation and alchemy, at the opening ceremony. Tree-planting ceremonies were held with 3-year-old oaklings carefully grown from acorns harvested from several ancient oaks of England. Attendees anchored in their intention and force for good into the inner and outer landscape. Benedict delivered a short talk on the 'rewising' of the land at Broughton through the planting of 77 trees grown by Mighty Fine Oaks, which were planted in April 2024.
FRIDAY 27TH JUNE 2025
"Oaks in the Parkland" Discovery Walk, Realisation Festival, St Giles House, Dorset
with Founder Benedict Pollard
Benedict will lead an informal walk around the perimeter of the house and into the parkland, stopping en route to connect with some of the 100+ species of oak that he and the Earl of Shaftesbury have planted here over the last decade and more. This mini-pilgrimage will be infused with a weaving together of storytelling, synchronicity, ecology, horticulture, spirit, mysticism and science. It will culminate in an immersive ceremonial planting of one of Mighty Fine Oaks' special trees, hand-reared from an acorn gathered off one of the oldest oaks in Britain.
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To be without trees would, in the most literal way, to be without our roots.
Richard Mabey