Prynhawn Da Wales Volunteers I am excited to share some positive news with you: I am running some volunteer events this autumn! I'll be kicking off with an informal walk and talk in each of the four corners of Wales. I'm aiming for these to be face...
Summer used to be a relatively quiet season for forestry work – not so these days! Late summer and early autumn now sees our Site Managers roaming miles of roadsides, boundaries and paths undertaking tree safety surveys, to monitor the impact of tree disease, especially...
When I spoke to David, he was in Pembrokeshire getting ready to explore the rugged coast of Strumble Head. Seven years ago, David was on the verge of retirement when he heard a Woodland Trust article on the radio. He looked online, found our volunteer opportunities,...
I recently met up with Helen and one of her many dogs on her patch at Coed Ffos Las. Coed Ffos Las is a young woodland bursting into life, planted on the slopes of the Gwendraeth Valley as a memorial to lives lost in the First...
Mike spoke to me from his home backing on to the woods which he helped to plant in his village. Haroldswood is a 1.5 acre woodland. The site was formerly pasture and it is named after the donor of the land. It was designed and planted...
Gavin has been a volunteer with us at Brynau for less than a year and he’s already got multiple volunteer roles under his belt. Gavin attended a public tree planting event at Brynau just before Covid hit in March 2020. He got talking to the site...
Around six years ago Antony attended a Woodland Trust guided walk at Plas Power Woods, near Wrexham, by the same time the next year he was leading the walk himself as a volunteer! As a keen hiker and nature lover, Antony attended the Clywedog Trail walk...
I recently spoke to Clifton after his weekly virtual kettle bells session to hear his volunteering story. When Clifton was approaching retirement, he sent out a few emails to various charities offering his upcoming spare time. Our then site manager, Kylie Jones Mattock, quickly responded with...
Maxine and Sheila both started volunteering in the woodland working group at Dyffryn about four years ago, and they’ve become firm friends. Dyffryn was overrun with invasive species and had been planted with conifers. There was a lot of work for the volunteer group on site...
Parc Mawr is located on the western side of the lower Conwy valley, on the lower slopes of the Carneddau Mountains in Snowdonia, near the medieval town of Conwy. Every spring this gem of a woodland offers up a breath-taking display of bluebells. Rob Collister has been...