Woodland working group members from Canal Wood have been hard at work on site this month. Work included maintenance to the willow dome and the bunded path not to mention a bit of up-cycling! The group uncovered an old railway sleeper which they rescued and plan to use...
Many thanks to everyone who came along to Friends of Gorse Covert Mounds AGM last week, including Becky from ASDA who presented us with £500 some of which we resolved to spend on a new carved owl for our site. Many thanks to all the committee...
One of the ways we celebrated National Volunteers' Week in Scotland was a mammoth ancient tree recording day at the beautiful Drummond Castle Gardens near Comrie in Perthshire. 22 of us, including 19 registered Woodland Trust volunteers, recorded over 450 trees! We recorded over a mile of incredible...
A wonderful day out at Yorkshire Arboretum celebrating Volunteers Week. Thanks to everyone who came along to make it such an enjoyable day, the staff at the arboretum for such a fabulous lunch and venue. Finally thanks to all of our volunteers for all the...
The latest issue of Woodwise is available now. This issue focuses on woodland ground flora - the colourful plants that spring to life during the UKs warmer months. Learn about specialist woodland ground flora, the importance of their protection and sensitive management, and about our special connection...
In November 2014 I was able to support Featherstone Town Council and four nearby schools in creating the WW1 Centenary Memorial Woodland at Millpond Meadows Featherstone. The talks in school and tree planting phase of the project went really well and the children were able...
The Woodland Trust recently scooped three awards at the Woodland Awards ceremony at the Devon County Show. Fingle Woods won first prize in The Forest Authority Perpetual Challenge Trophy for previously unmanaged woodland that is being improved for timber quality and for the benefit of flow...
On Saturday 2nd June the South West volunteers were invited to attend a thank you event held at Curry Rivel village hall, where there was a chance to meet other volunteers and staff. There were also some presentations followed by lunch After lunch we all headed...
Today marks the launch of our new Health and Safety policy for volunteers. Who is this policy for? This policy is for volunteers engaged with the Woodland Trust and staff that work with volunteers. Everyone, including volunteers, contractors staff and anyone else working on behalf of...
We had 12 enthusiastic volunteers turn up to the first new volunteer inductions to be held in the South West. We started off with tea and coffee and lemon drizzle cake, well who does not like a bit of cake, and Mary Berry’s lemon drizzle tray...