Today Woodland Heritage announces a £238,442 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to create ‘Woodland Heritage Skills’; two years of educational workshops, digital educational assets and collaboration with its members and partners to deliver the charity’s new Open Woods & Workshops initiative.
Nick Wright describes his work at the Snowdon School of Furniture which started as a one-week summer school, the brainchild of David Snowdon and Carmel Allen, Linley’s then creative director, to celebrate 30 years of Linley Furniture and give something back to support student makers.
Hailing from Utah in the US, Justin Davies, most widely known as JustinTheTrees, has brought wood culture to hundreds of millions by sharing his adventures with trees and timber. John Orchard speaks with Justin about the concept of species loneliness, the taste of sassafras ice cream and the intense optimism found in bringing people closer to nature.
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.
These pages provide advice that is specific to England's woodlands and are intended to work alongside the expert advice available from the Great Britain and Forest Research web pages.
We’ve heard of some major new tree planting projects which are on the starting blocks, and murmurings of a massive national tree planting initiative, as measures to mitigate climate change.