At last! The rules protecting ancient woodland from development are changing – and getting stronger. On 5 March, after years of campaigning from the Trust – backed by hundreds of thousands of people – the Government showed it had heeded our call and proposed changes to...
A hundred trees planted at motorway service station A group of children from Battle Primary Academy had a lovely time helping us to plant 100 trees at MOTO's Reading East service station in January. The Moto in the Community Trust (MITC) supports the Woodland Trust by...
Volunteers are hedging their bets at Beechland Mill Wood A busy group of volunteers called Newick Rootz meets at Beechland Mill Wood in Newick, East Sussex once a year for a hedgelaying session. This year, the group met on Wednesday 21 March and had a very productive day. The group is...
Hundreds of volunteers have helped to prepare Langley Vale Wood for the World War I centenary We are creating a First World War Centenary Wood near Epsom Downs, Surrey to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War in 1918. But this isn’t just...
A good news day As we head towards the end of the planting season I wanted to share some breaking news. In Autumn 17 and Spring 18 we can count 270 hectares as already planted, ordered or having a delivery date agreed as part of the MOREwoods...
Villagers help to keep orchard in good shape The apple trees at Hucking Estate are laden with fruit this year, thanks to the hard work of our lovely volunteers. They have been busy pruning, weeding and mulching, and planting new fruit trees. They have learned how...
Des Lloyd, Volunteer Warden at Owlet Wood, has provided an update on recent activity down at the reserve helping to improve the woodland for local bird life. 'Things have been rather hectic here around the Owlets Plantation nature reserve over the last few weeks, with over...
I can hardly believe the year is a quarter of the way through already and it was great to catch up with so many of you at the training session at the start of March despite the audio problems. It also seems to have been a...
It’s never quiet around here for the campaigns team. We’ve heard back on one of our biggest and most concerning campaigns, plans for holiday lodges in Whitby. We are keen to update you on the latest developments. And as soon as we start thinking that...
Volunteers are doing a great job at Butcher's Wood For more than 25 years, a small group of dedicated volunteers has made light work of coppicing at Butcher’s Wood in Hassocks, West Sussex. The group meets regularly to cut back the constantly-growing hazel which they cut...