Ahead of planting and woodland management beginning in earnest, Woodland Heritage volunteers removed hundreds of tree guards and stakes, and undertook general conservation work around the entrance to James Wood in June.
The Apse at Leaf
I also discovered and became a member of, Woodland Heritage. Their philosophy and aims seemed very much in tune with not only what we were trying to do in our own small way, but what was beneficial to the development and promotion of the woodland sector as a whole – and which I’m sure my uncle would have wholeheartedly agreed with.
Verdun to Victory
My previous blog, about my visit to the V&A, ended with a picture of oak, sawn and milled from a tree grown from an acorn harvested at the site of the WW1 battle in Verdun, France. This piece of historic, travelled wood was grown at Kew Gardens and handed to me, quite a few years later, at outdoor furniture maker Gaze Burvill’s bucolic barn, seated in Alton, Hampshire.