Volunteers from our Langton Wood practical group have been busy undertaking some fantastic work on the site over the winter months. They have been thinning out ash regeneration which is badly affected by ash dieback to create spaces to replant with a variety of species...
Are you keen to plant trees and hedges in your garden or on your land? Do you want to see wildlife flourishing from your window? If you do, you can get started with a Woodland Trust tree pack. If you thought your garden was too small...
Frogspawn in Fingle woods is another signal that winter is drawing to an end. But, is it early and what will happen when, or if, there is a cold snap? Data from Nature’s Calendar (a citizen science project run by the Woodland Trust and the UK...
Is the largest living organism on Earth a tree? [caption id="attachment_16035" align="aligncenter" width="253"] Quaking aspen, Logan Fisher, Pexels[/caption] It might be! In the Fishlake National Park, Utah, USA, there is a forest of approximately 47,000 quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides). These trees are not, however, separate organisms; they are...
[from Broadleaf Magazine, Autumn 2019] Thinking Big by Vincent Crump Since 2015, the Trust has spent £15 million on new sanctuaries for nature. Vincent Crump visits Ausewell Wood on Dartmoor, on of the Trust's big target acquisitions, to talk to Woodland Trust custodian David Rickwood about how transformative...
January is normally a quite month for most people. Post-Christmas, the short days and inclement weather tend to mean hunkering down until spring has truly sprung, which usually doesn’t happen until well into March, especially on Dartmoor! However, if you are a National Trust Volunteer...
The Woodland Trust is one of the UK’s leading conservation charities. We have over 500,000 members and supporters and more than 1,000 sites all over the UK. We believe life’s better with trees. We protect and campaign on behalf of the UK’s woods, plant more...
At Glen Finglas (Brig o’ Turk, Callander, Stirlingshire) we're holding our annual “Light up your Lantern” event on 30th October (from 5.00 – 9.30pm) and we're looking for volunteers to have fun in the dark! We would like a few creative volunteers that love to exhibit...
The usual suspects turned up promptly on February 1st and were pleased to note that in addition to the quick hedge the Bishops Knoll flats had planted several good size apple trees on their side of the fence. In contrast to the past few weeks...
Book your place on the central region volunteer network event today! Take a look behind the scenes on a guided tour of Belton Parks formal gardens, hear some updates from the Woodland Trust and discover the findings of the research being carried out on the...