We have three brand new events for you between now and Christmas, these include a talk about ancient trees in central England and how to record them, an event for our wardens and in December our annual Christmas online get together and festive quiz. Here are the details: Wardens...
Are you near to Cirencester or Cheshire and fancy helping us at one of our events? Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances we require urgent help prospecting (giving away free trees for contact details) at some of our forthcoming events. Don't worry we've done as much as possible...
This session is an introduction to diversity and inclusion at the Woodland Trust and all staff and volunteers are invited to join us. By the end of the session, you should understand What do the words diversity and inclusion mean Why do they matter to the...
Mid August 2021 - tube straightening at Bale Hill Wood. The weather was kind to us mid-August as we had a team of five volunteers working on Bale Hill Wood - part of three woods planted in 2015/2016 collectively known as The Derwenthead Woods. The team...
Simon and Emily alongside Elyse and Sabaha from the Young Peoples Forum at the Young Peoples Forest Mead have been running a series of workshops this summer for local young people on site between the ages 10 and 16 years old. These have been really...
Sunday 4th Sept saw the 125th Anniversary of the Winter Hill mass trespass, a key event in the battle to claim access to open spaces. They say that 10,000 people from Bolton joined the original march in 1896...
Last weekend saw the first Monkey in the Woods beer festival at Smithills Estate, run by CAMRA's Bolton Pub of the Year, Northern Monkey Brew Co. With a range of Northern Monkey beers and other Bolton brewery beers on tap and keg, music from local...
It's all about the trees...
There are a wide range of skills being used across the regional team and there is always someone to learn from and something to learn about. This month, we dig deeper to find out more about Nicky, new Project Manager for the 'Lost Woods...
Volunteers are supporting the central England Team with a new project focussing on ancient woodland plant translocation trials within Martinshaw Wood. Based in Leicestershire, Martinshaw is a Planted Ancient Woodland (PAWS) site – in the past parts of the wood were given over to the planting of both native and...