We’ve organised some events and talks for Woodland Trust volunteers, with more being planned! These vary from guided walks on site, to training sessions and online talks – including one about UK mustelids! Virtual wardens gathering - via Zoom 30th June 2022 - 7pm-8.30pm Our second ever wardens...
Happy National Volunteers Week to all Woodland Trust volunteers! Our Regional Director Toby Bancroft wanted to thank you personally for all of your hard work, please find his video message here and a message from me, Amanda Brookes – Volunteering Development Officer for Central England here. Over...
Her Majesty the Queen’s upcoming platinum jubilee celebration also marks a big milestone for us – 10 years of the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Wood (QEDJW)! In 2011, the Woodland Trust hatched a plan to create 60 new woods across the UK by planting 6 million...
Over at Martinshaw Wood, Leicestershire, our contractor Robin has been busy working with Site Manager David Logan to deal with a large oak which was recently damaged in a storm. The oak was hanging across a footpath, so not only did it need to be...
We are delighted to be able to share with you what we are doing to deal with the issues of tree pests and diseases in the central region. Tree loss is a huge issue and trees face a combination of pressures from multiple sides - climate...
We are celebrating an incredible achievement! We have won the Tree and Woodland planting award for the huge amount of tree planting which was carried out at Hainault Forest during the 2021/2022 planting season. This is just one of the accolades presented as part of...
There is still time to book onto our talk about monkey puzzle trees! Come along and find out about this fascinating subject. A talk by David Gedye in which he tells how a story about a monkey puzzle tree, told to him when a child, led...
Bluebell woods are a breathtaking sight and the Woodland Trust has compiled a selection of some of the best sites to visit in central England this spring. The United Kingdom’s largest woodland conservation charity cares for over a thousand native woods, making it one of the...
10 years now Well, what a transformation in just under 10 years. The wood with the recent extensions now amounts to about a square mile in area and is the largest single wood in the National Forest. Over the past two years tree guards and fences...
Lloyds corporate volunteers recently gathered on a bright but chilly Spring morning in Birmingham to help plant 1001 trees as part of a special celebration! Birmingham has recently been designated a Queens Green Canopy City, and to celebrate Birmingham Trees for Life (BTFL) organised a tree...