David Logan is the newest member of staff for the central region, recruited into the role as site manager for Leicestershire. Taking over from Chris Williams, he will manage 21 Woodland Trust sites, including Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Wood, Willesley Wood and Martinshaw Wood. He...
The Central Region Outreach team had a very successful time at the Suffolk Show this week promoting everything ‘Eastern Claylands’. In total: 143 landowners signed up for 219 Eastern Claylands tree disease packs. 573 trees were given out to the public. We had 13 requests for...
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 special site and an absolutely amazing place to host a volunteer network event. It is truly a remarkable place with...
A few days ago I met up with site manager Stephen Reynolds to visit and explore a couple of Woodland Trust sites in Bedfordshire. This visit provided an opportunity to see two woodlands of very different age, relatively newly planted Plummers Wood near Haynes, Shefford...
Spring sees the emergence of bluebells, which are a beautiful addition to many of our woodlands. We invite everybody to enjoy this amazing floral spectacle which sees the woodland floor carpeted in vibrant blue flora. Langley Wood is one of the woods at Heartwood Forest...
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...