Here at the Woodland Trust we are determined to continue the development of our volunteer experience. Our 764 volunteers, who completed the National Volunteers' Feedback Survey, are helping us do just that. We are happy to say that 89% of volunteers said they would recommend volunteering with...
Bluebell season is imminent - indeed they’ve already been poking their heads through the soil for a fair few weeks now – and this signals a return for the Heartwood ‘Save our Bluebells’ campaign (SOB). As with many of our sites, the ancient woodlands at...
It has been a busy winter in Spud Wood, Cheshire. The wood allotment group has been opening up some of the more densely planned areas to let in more light which also provides some wood fuel. Now at the end of the season the group...
This is our second season of working at Millennium Wood in Grappenhall. Our main task is to thin out the trees planted eighteen years ago, letting the sunlight flood in and encourage the remaining trees to flourish, also improving ground flora and creating wildlife habitats. All...
Wadworth Shrubbery was once part of the 18th century estate of Wadworth Hall, situated on Wadworth Hall lane. This small narrow mature woodland comprises of 2.47 acres of Ancient Semi Natural Woodland, Conservation Area and Site of Scientific Interest. This site still contains some historic garden features...
Hello everyone, greetings from our team. We are 12 volunteers – some of us also Woodland Trust staff based in the Grantham HQ who felt, frankly, it wasn’t just enough to talk about woods all day long, we also wanted to get out and get...
The volunteer group at Thorn Wood, which is on the outskirts of Northwich, Cheshire, is a relatively new group which was borne out of the work done by Saltscape; a local project that came to an end in 2017. Since its beginnings a few months ago,...
Forty three people of all ages turned out to help at the start of this month for the #GBSpringClean on Birchwood Forest Park. Many thanks to The Friends of Birchwood Forest Park, the Friends of Gorse Covert Mounds and the scout groups from Locking Stumps...
A huge thanks to all of the volunteers who came along to our first North east volunteer network day last Saturday. It was wonderful to meet so many of you and put so many faces to names. Our morning was spent at Beamish Museum, where all...
We are delighted to tell you that Broadleaf packaging has had a make-over. It’s out with the previous polyethylene wrapping, and in with the lovely new FSC-certified paper envelope, beautifully designed with the issue’s front cover as above. As you’ll all be aware, there has been...