This weekend was our annual celebration of volunteering the National Volunteer Awards. The 2019 Volunteer awards were hosted at Kelham Hall in Nottinghamshire. The Gothic mansion was built in 1863 as a county house for the Manners-Sutton family. It was designed by architect Sir George Gilbert...
The latest blog from the Nature's Calendar team looks at the science behind why leaves change colour in the autumn. We also share some of the most beautiful autumnal tree and fly agaric photos submitted from our recorders. Take a look at how autumn is progressing...
What a fantastic weekend! We knew we were going to enjoy our coppicing training, but didn’t realise quite how much. Our Volunteer Team works in two Lincolnshire woods, Sibsey Wood and Skellingthorpe Old Wood. In October we were joined by our lovely trainers: Tom and...
On Saturday 7th December, 10.00am - 12.00pm, Ross Watson, Woodland Trust Site Manager for the north of Scotland, will be running an event at our site in Spinningdale, in conjunction with project Partners, Trees for Life. The event is for newly recruited squirrel...
A new group of volunteers has gathered in our newest Scottish wood, Dunollie Wood on the edge of Oban, to discuss future plans and input, and as Site manager, I went to meet them last week to discuss what their new volunteering role would be. ...
At the centre of the National Lottery Heritage Funded project at Smithills Estate is community work. How do we engage Bolton's communities with the site? Why are some communities not engaging with the site? And how do we open up the wellbeing value of our...
Last week, I had the great pleasure of assisting at Coed Ffos Las School Tree Planting Week. Throughout the week, over 200 children were inspired to get ‘thoroughly stuck into the mud’ and assist the Events team by planting Oak saplings on site. During...
Another busy day for the Castle Hill Wood volunteers in October 2019. Another busy day for the Castle Hill Wood volunteers on 16th October 2019 as we had the services of Mark, who has many years of experience, teaching us how to fell our trees as...
A very big hello from myself! I am delighted to be writing my first Whittle page and wanted to take this opportunity to explain who I am and what I hope to bring to the Wales Volunteer Team. My interest in conservation began with a childhood kinship with...
October has seen further developments at our Langley Vale Centenary Wood, including the installation of the stone sculptures in the Regiment of Trees area. Simon Bateman-Brown who is the Site Manager at the wood talks us through current projects in his regular update below...