Monkey-Do was started back in the year 2000 by a group of arboricultural professionals who shared a desire to bring people together with nature through play.

Founded as a  small non-profit social enterprise to promote tree climbing and free wild play activities in parks and woodlands we’ve facilitated treetop adventures for thousands of people over the years.  

The popularity of what we do led us to incorporate Monkey-Do as a not-for-profit Community Interest Company at the start of 2010, with the aim of taking our mission even further.

Our most common (and fun!) request is to come and rig our nets between trees, creating a temporary adventure playground that kids can't get enough of.

We can also offer other forms of entertainment, and can combine all of this with an educational element, and tailor this to the audience as necessary.

Coupled with running events we also collaborate on the design and installation of permanent play equipment.

From small treehouses to entire adventure playgrounds, we can help make it happen. If there's a space near you that's aching to be transformed, we'd love to hear more!

Additionally, alongside our work with kid's play and learning, our trained arborists are available to offer guidance on installing structures in trees and the associated protective measures.

For any further queries about the services we can provide just reach out to us via email (found in the footer of this page, and on our 'how to book us' page) and our resident expert Victoria will be in touch shortly.

We were approached by the charity London Play to help write a good practice guide to installing rope swings in trees. Despite their popularity and obvious play value, the lack of any kind of industry standards or guidance had deterred play professionals from using tree swings in their practice.

 Inspired by the Forestry Commission's excellent decision-tree for their rangers regarding tree swings, we drew on multiple sources of expertise to pull together this good practice guidance document. 

The guidance covers all of the the issues around supervised play on tree swings installed on a temporary basis and removed at the end of the session. You can download a free pdf of the guide below.

 Addendum: People often ask us about the risks posed by Summer Branch Drop in relation to tree swings and so Ben Rose wrote up a briefing note on the subject which you can also download below.