Ten years have passed since ash dieback was first detected in the Peak District Dales Special Area of Conservation. In this guest blog Katie Brownbill introduces the LIFE in the...
...typically wet Dartmoor day in winter, I took a walk into the woods to look for cows with my friend and herdswoman Desley. A rainforest in the Avon Valley Penstave...
...invited to the consultation event. Who should be involved in consultation? Consider who is in the room and who is not, to avoid a vocal minority dominating your meeting when...
...communities and the environment. Snugbury’s farm, near Nantwich in Cheshire, has embraced agroforestry (where trees are integrated into farming systems) by planting over 2,300 fruit, walnut and hazelnut trees. In-field...
...grey alder, field and Norway maple to create Bullens Wood in Dunsby, South Lincolnshire. Bullens Wood was planted in a field corner that had been uncropped for three years and...
...instance. Everyone is interested and passionate but we’re all novices in forestry. There isn’t an expectation of previous experience. For the last few years I was working in the arboriculture...
...decades of neglect. If you have trees or shrubs adjacent to rides and open space within the woodland, then coppice could be incorporated into ride management to allow more light...
...and Defra, so I’m able to advise woodland owners and managers with a range of information, including on grants & regulations, incident management, and policy. My engagement includes in person...
Robin Gray is a Landscape & Woodland Design Advisor with Forest Services based in the north of England, working alongside Richard Hellier, Landscape & Woodland Design Advisor in the south....
Jon Burgess, a Local Partnership Advisor and Woodland Resilience Officer in the South West, provides a quick round up of the 'Trees on Farms' mini-series and reflects on being a...
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