[caption id="attachment_15189" align="alignright" width="440"] Wassail procession at Langley Vale Wood. Photo credit: Tish Johnson[/caption] On Sunday 12 January volunteers from Langley Vale Wood picked up their pots and pans, embellished their stakes and wooden pegs and went wassailing to scare away evil spirits and wake the...
Marden Park is set on the narrow plateau and slopes of the North Downs in East Surrey, close to the village of Woldingham. The 67.8 hectare site is a mix of ancient and secondary wood with pockets of chalk grassland. Ash dominates the canopy in...
Last month we said our temporary goodbyes to Alissa Wilson who is our Site Manager for Surrey and West Kent as she went on maternity leave. We wish Alissa all the very best for her pending new arrival. The team is delighted to announce that...
The South East team is pleased to announce its programme of events for volunteers. The programme has been developed following your feedback at events throughout last year and the regional survey which was carried out in May. Our networking events are designed to bring volunteers and...
On 3 and 4 December, 70 Fever-Tree staff worked hard to plant 1,500 trees in the South Downs. The landowner, also the co-founder of Fever-Tree, recently purchased a large farming estate in the heart of the South Downs National Park, which is in our Treescape area. The South...
As we approach the end of the year, Langley Vale Wood site manager, Simon Bateman-Brown, talks us through the latest news and updates from the wood. Planning We’ve now submitted a range of conditions to the relevant local authorities to hopefully be discharged. These include archaeological works,...
Despite being densely populated, the South East region remains highly wooded and rich in ancient woodland. Each year we work with volunteers to deliver high standards of woodland management for people and wildlife across 115 Woodland Trust sites covering approximately 3,300 hectares of woodland. [caption id="attachment_14527"...
By Nigel Watson, Volunteer Warden at Great Ridings Wood A successful one-day practical conservation project at Great Ridings Wood was held on Sunday 17 November. The aim was to cut back the large, invasive laurel between the woodland and the bridleway on the south edge of...
Some of you will be aware that earlier this year, Sam Manning, our Assistant Site Manager covering Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire left our company to join the South West team. We were sad to say goodbye, but pleased that Sam remained at the Woodland Trust...
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...