Hello all A brief update this week… Welcome Welcome to Jo Rayner (Woodland Working Group / Events Volunteer) and to Louise Coulman (Woodland Working Group)! Tree planting Thanks to everyone from Smithills who has volunteered to help out with the tree planting weeks! Lantern Parade Thanks to all the volunteers who helped the...
Thanks to everyone who came along to our last volunteer gathering of 2019, in Rydal Hall, Cumbria on Saturday. We were joined by Heather Swift, Cumbria site manager, who updated us all on what has been happening on our estate in the county. We were...
Volunteers from Hazel Pear Wood in Cheshire met for their recent volunteer task day, coppicing hazel and small trees along with crown lifting trees along the footpath. A big thanks to everyone as it has made a really big difference, with 8 members of the...
Skipton’s sold out sixth annual lantern walk took place on Saturday attended by 600 walkers. The event generated £3,000 of ticket sales and £750.00 in local business sponsorship and feedback cards from visitors were rated as ‘excellent’ overall. Starting at Skipton Castle which opened especially for the...
Hello all Staff news As some of you will already know, Andy, our Estate Ranger ,will be leaving us mid-November to move to the Lake District. We will be really sad to see Andy go, he has made a huge contribution to the project in his time...
Hello all A slightly lengthier update – lots of exciting stuff coming up! Tree planting time! First of all… next month is tree planting time! It seems not that long ago that we were all out in the hail planting trees at Walker Fold. We planted over 6000...
On a perfect autumn day in the Nidd Gorge we had the first of our two October sessions. Parking by Burgess Bridge on the Scotton side of the wood we all lugged and barrowed the tools and the materials through the mud and water to...
Many thanks to Daniela, Stephen, Mark, Phil and Natasha for coming out coppicing at our Gorse Covert Mounds site last weekend. It was a brave decision to come out given the weather, but the rain held off mostly and it was really quite pleasant for...
A huge thank you to everyone who came along and joined us at our latest volunteer gathering, taking place at Shipley Country park last Saturday The day started with a really interesting and useful update about all of our work on local woodland trust sites by...
A huge thanks to all of our north England volunteers who have inputted their thoughts and feedback for content and venues for our volunteer gatherings for the coming year, which has been hugely useful. There is still time to have your say, Your feedback really helps...