Mathew Woodcock  from the Forestry Commission and Thames Valley Energy are putting on some free ‘woodheat solutions’ training in the next couple of months.

The Forestry Commission has released a special regional  update, following a recent discovery of Dendroctonus micans, the Great Spruce Bark Beetle, in private woodland at the western end of the Tyne Valley.

UPDATE 17th August 2010 There are still a couple of places left on this course if anyone is interested? Andy Noble of  Natures Craft is running an introduction to bushcraft day at Lords Wood near Alton in Hampshire later this year.    This is being offered to SWOG members at a considerable discount, (£20 instead of…

The Four Winds Inspiration Centre is unfortunately having to close.  The lease on their ‘Woodyard’ in Inverleith Park is ending and the Edinburgh council needs the land back. Established in 1998, the Environmental Education & Craft based Charity,  is a grass roots organisation, working for the benefit of present and future generations They have been…

The Woodland Trust are running another free event at Brede High woods. For more information visit the Woodland Trust website, or download the flyer.

Many thanks go to Nigel and Elaine for elucidating us with their experiences of their first SWOG meeting and for the fantastic photographs which accompanies the piece. As well as feedback from the ‘official’ SWOG meets, we  are always happy to publish articles about your own woodlands and what you’ve been up to in them,…

The National Forest Wood Fair takes place on Monday 30 August at Beacon Hill Country Park in Leicestershire, just off the M1, junction 22 or 23.

The Sylva Foundation has launched a new web-based service that aims to support the mapping and sustainable management of woodlands, and provides a platform for marketing products from local woodlands.

Calling all Bear Grylls and Ray Mears fans. Get out in the woods near Battle in East Sussex on Sat July 17th. 10-3pm with survival experts Sunrise Bushcraft and the Woodland Trust. There are also bushcraft days happening at Hargate forest near Tunbridge Wells, click here for details

From Monday 23 – Monday 30 August Westonbirt Arboretum will welcome 12 of the UK’s most talented sculptors to the Sculptree woodcarving event at its annual Festival of the Tree.

Belinda at Woodland Heritage is running an interesting three day course called ‘From Woodland to Workshop’.