Heartwood Forest has been an accredited VisitEngland Quality Assured Visitor Attraction since 2016, and this year saw another visit from the assessor to look at improvements made since then, and whether the site would remain an accredited attraction in the scheme… …Well, there was never any...
You are invited to this volunteer thank you event taking place on Sunday 9th June 2019 at the Great Fen from 1.30pm – 4.30pm. Taking place just after National Volunteers’ week, we’ve organised this event to celebrate all that is volunteering at the Woodland Trust and...
Woodland Trust volunteers and staff worked together to deliver a successful family event at Tring Park over the Easter holidays. 150 children took part in a range of Nature Detective activities at the park. Children and families bug hunted, whittled and crafted their way around a...
I recently visited Fordham Hall Estate, which is the largest woodland creation site in Eastern England. Originally farmland (called Fordham Hall Farm) and gifted from an anonymous donor, around a quarter of a million trees have been planted along the River Colne. Site manager Jonathan...
Last week the Woodland Trust joined Birmingham Trees for Life (BTFL) for their last big planting of the season. 1500 trees were planted in Norman Chamberlain Playing Fields in Kingfisher Country Park as part of BTFL’s wider River Cole Project. The park runs along an...
It’s with great enthusiasm that I write my first update following the success of our ‘Investors in Volunteers’ award, a huge thanks to all our volunteers, some of who were involved in the assessment process, it’s great to know volunteering is working well, both for...
After what felt like a long wait for FC approval, planting has finally begun on the Tring Park extension. The extension was bought in 2016, to create a buffer next to a beautiful piece of ancient woodland- Stubbings Wood. We want to create a link...
On 2nd March 33 volunteers made the journey over to Lambourne End, Essex to take part in the first volunteer network event of 2019. The majority of volunteers attending the event were from woodland working groups based in Abbey Grove, Tring Park, Hill House Wood,...
The other week Woodland Trust volunteers carried out their annual Hartest Wood tidy up and had a good turnout of enthusiasts. This year the volunteers concentrated on coppicing some more of the hazels and widened one of the boundary footpaths which was becoming a tangle...
Welcome to George Lewis, the brand new Visitor Experience Officer for both Heartwood and Hainault Forests. If George looks familiar this is because in his previous role he was a Membership Development Officer with the Woodland Trust and was often at Heartwood with his membership...