The other week I journeyed to Felixstowe to visit the marvellous Woodland Working group based at Abbey Grove. The group have been on site for a number of years, carrying out a number of activities in order to keep the wood well maintained. Normally meeting...
At the beginning of Autumn each year at Tring Park we task ourselves with the removal of the epicormic growth from the base of the Lime trees in the avenue that leads up from the pasture meadow to the Summerhouse via the Obelisk. The growth is...
It’s an exciting time for the Woodland Trust, with the launch of the Big Climate Fightback. As part of the campaign we are running a whole host of tree planting and tree charter activities. Tring Park is running a planting event for everyone to get...
Central region volunteers gathered for a network event at Heartwood Forest recently. This was the fourth event for volunteers that was organised in the central region and the aims were to share Woodland Trust news and updates, learn about Woodland Trust campaigns work, find out...
Woodland Trust staff and volunteers are celebrating after one of our sites was selected as the winner of the National Forest Company’s ‘Forest for the people’ award. Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Wood (QEDJW) was given the award, which celebrates “woodlands exhibiting superb access and connectivity...
This article is I’m sorry to say not as the title might imply about the incredibly hard working volunteers at Tring Park but about the little known avenue of ‘grafted’ purple sycamores that runs from the Summerhouse to the Kings Ride. This unique avenue contains...
There’s still time to book on to this event for Woodland Trust volunteers at Heartwood Forest. Please see your invitation below. Woodland Trust volunteers are cordially invited to attend a volunteer conference at Heartwood Forest, nr St Albans on 14th September 2019. Heartwood Forest is a really...
Woodland Trust volunteers took part in a ‘tree pests and diseases’ course recently at Belton Old School Hall in Lincolnshire. Some of the greatest threats posed to trees were covered, including ash dieback and Phytophthora. The trainer was Matt Elliot, who is the Conservation Adviser for...
Tring Park Woodland Working group got together with Woodland Trust staff members and an ancient tree expert recently to learn how to record ancient trees on site. Arranged by Hannah Burgess, Visitor Experience Officer for Tring Park, and Geof Howe, the woodland working group leader,...
The secrets of Sutton Park in Sutton Coldfield were uncovered as Woodland Trust volunteers attended a ranger-led guided walk the other week. Meeting up at the visitor centre, the group met park ranger Matt and before setting off he described the site's mosaic of habitats...