Individual trees can act as carriers of meaning. When a person attributes deep meanings to a specific tree, a relationship between the person and the tree is created. To avoid conflicts between users and planners, increased awareness is required of how important individual trees may be to a person. The objective of this study was to elucidate persons' relationships with individual urban trees. This was done by studying two tree planting projects, and through studies of literature. The thesis discusses these questions: What does the relationship between a person and an individual tree look like? Is there any difference between older and younger persons' relationships with trees? How does the framing of a tree planting project affect the rela...