Surrey Hills woodfair have generously offered a discount on their entry fee to SWOG members. At only £5 a ticket, with under 16’s going in free, this is not an event to be missed!

TreeWorld Limited are putting on a demonstration of Low Impact Harvesting and Forwarding. Thursday 22nd September 2011, any time between 10.00am and 3.00pm  – refreshments provided! Venue: Otley Chevin Forest Park The aim of the event – which is being held with the continued support of Leeds City Council, C02 Sense & White Rose Forest,…

This autumn the Small Woods Association we are running a series of courses on various aspects of woodland management.

Kent Downs AONB  would like to invite you to the ’ Landscape and Nature for All’ Conference that will take place on Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th September 2011 at Hythe Imperial Hotel, Hythe, Kent, UK.

Members of the Oxfordshire Woodland Group  are putting together a really interesting Saturday event this autumn to which SWOG members are cordially invited.

Matthew Morris – Woodfuel Pathfinder Development Manager has news of  free networking events in Kent.  Get  more  information from the contact details below or the flier.

The Forestry Commission   are running some woodfuel events in South Yorkshire as part of their work on the Activating Forest Owners project Find out more here

Kent Downs AONB are running a  free half-day seminar on managing woodland for game and wildlife on June 23rd.  Places are limited so please book as early as possible. Booking is via the Game & Wildlife Conservancy Trust: By telephone – 01425 651 013 (Lynda Ferguson) By email – [email protected] Or via the web –  …

Last weekend SWOG members were kindly  invited to Sarah and Stephen’s beautiful oak pasture woodland, Alvecote Wood, near Tamworth in Stafforshire.

The Sussex & Surrey Coppice Group is once again organising a ‘Coppice Week’ on Ashdown Forest to run between 17th and 22nd May.

For those in the Gloucestershire area or if you are looking for a summer  Bank Holiday outing, check out the Festival of the Tree, Westonbirt 26th – 29th Aug http://www.woodfairs.co.uk/england/