Year: 2016

  • How do you feel about pests and diseases?

    Dr Julie Urquart from Imperial College is running a project about ash dieback.

  • Ride Improvement Scheme – Update

    The track improvement pilot scheme in the South East is now nearing its end.  It was an initiative instigated by woodlands.co.uk to help owners with shared tracks maintain and improve the utility, structure  and biodiversity of their tracks and rides. 

  • December 2016 Newsletter

    December has swept in on an icy draught, and with it a SWOG newsletter to warm the cockles. Don’t miss the chance to win a place on a coppice course – enter the SWOG Big Picture competition. Send us your selfies and photographs of people enjoying the woods. There are plenty of festive downloads – useful freebies…

  • Say trees – SWOG’s big picture competition

        

  • National Tree Week

      The 41st National Tree Week begins on 26 November, and kicks off with a series of events to bring trees to the forefront of public consciousness. This year the Tree Council are encouraging us all to get involved with Tree Dressing Day on Saturday 3 December, and in support, the Woodland Trust and Forest Charter…

  • New Forest Land Advice Service Working Woodlands Project

    Tom Murphy has been in touch, he is the  project co-ordinator for the Working Woodlands Project which is run by the New Forest Land Advice Service  part of the bigger, forest-wide “Our Past Our Future” initiative.

  • November 2016 Newsletter

    Inside a packed November newsletter, there are butterflies dormice tree tales words of advice for new owners links a free tree ID app. We hope you enjoy it!

  • Grown in Britain Week Special Offer

    There is a 10% discount to anyone placing a booking on a Grown in Britain training course this week. Places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment. The aim of the course is to provide potential applicants and/or auditors of the Grown in Britain Standard with an introduction to the Standard, its general requirements…

  • October 2016 Newsletter

    Squirrels, birds and the State of Nature 2016 – it’s all in the October SWOG newsletter, along with a report from the APF show,  forthcoming autumnal events and our usual list of fascinating blogs and links to woodland news.

  • Oak Processionary Moth – research

    We have been contacted by Dr. John Fellenor who is part of a project team looking at the public perception of risk with regard to specific tree pests and pathogens, one of which is the oak processionary moth (OPM). Their project webpage provides an overview of what the work aims to achieve https://www.imperial.ac.uk/unpick/

  • September 2016 Newsletter

    September has arrived and we’re in the middle of the woodfair season. The SWOG newsletter includes: Discounted entry details for APF and Bentley Welcome news that forestry grants will be honoured The value of using local timber over imported products Events, courses and surveys – join in !

  • Reasons to adapt to Climate Change

    Dr Suzanne Martin,  Research Liaison Officer with the Forestry Commission at Alice Holt has written to us with news of the recently published LWEC Report Card covering forestry.  The card provides an accessible and authoritative summary of the latest scientific evidence about the impact and future risks/opportunities of climate change for forestry in the UK.  It…