Our local golf course has been a place of some wonder in the last few weeks. As we (cautiously) emerge from lockdown, I know how valuable this space has been for local people. We are fortunate to have plenty of green space on our doorstep, including...
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...
Dear Ancient Tree Inventory Verifiers, I hope that you have had an enjoyable time verifying trees for the ATI since our last update. Please see our latest update below. 2020 has already seen some impressive trees recorded to the ATI, and I am very excited to see...
Dear Ancient Tree Inventory Team, I hope you have had another great month recording and verifying trees to the Ancient Tree Inventory and thank you very much for all of your continued efforts on the project. I wanted to send a final update for 2019 before...
Welcome to George Lewis, the brand new Visitor Experience Officer for both Heartwood and Hainault Forests. If George looks familiar this is because in his previous role he was a Membership Development Officer with the Woodland Trust and was often at Heartwood with his membership...
Hello and Sh'mae everyone – particularly the fabulous volunteers of Wales. I’d like to introduce myself as your new Volunteer Development Officer for Wales – my name is Martha and I’m really looking forward to meeting as many of our volunteers as possible, preferably out and...
Last weekend saw the annual ‘Spooky Walk’ take place at Hainault Wood. Over 600 visitors came along to this enchanting event and enjoyed having a go at the various hair-raising activities along the walk. The Woodland Trust was very fortunate to be supported by a...
Volunteers needed for last two sessions at Warren Farm Are you able to help us at Warren Farm on Tuesday 31st July or Tuesday 4th September? We are holding our last two sessions to remove Canadian goldenrod from the site as it affects the native wildflowers and...
Preparations for the Heartwood Summer Festival are in full swing! A team of Heartwood volunteers are pooling their expertise and have planned an exciting day for the whole family. This year we'll be celebrating Heartwood Forest's 10th birthday! Visitors to the festival are invited to ‘Tree-lax...