Category: News
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Sarah Walters
We received news of the death of Sarah Walters with great sadness on 8 April.
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Torthworth’s trees
Tortworth Churchyard in South Gloucestershire is home to one of Britain’s most ancient sweet chestnut trees, so old in fact, that the first commemorative plaque about the tree is itself 200 years old.
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Culverts – a soggy story
Woodland owners in Waste Wood have a proud history of working together to tackle shared woodland tasks. Richard Cooper has written in to tell us about the ‘fun’ he and his partner Fi had while unblocking their culvert.
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Woodfairs 2018
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Confor and small woodland owners
Confor is a membership organisation that promotes sustainable forestry and timber production through political engagement, market promotion and supporting members.
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Culverts – keeping them clear
For many of us, the first time we encounter a culvert is when we fall in the ditch around it, and notice the pipe before clambering out.
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Launching the Tree Charter
It was great to celebrate the launch of the Charter for Trees Woods and People at Lincoln this week. More than 70 organisations have worked for two years under the leadership of the Woodland Trust to create a new tree charter that aims to put protection for trees and woodlands at the heart of government…
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Building a New ‘Old’ Barn – Part I
As a tiny acorn can eventually lead to much bigger things, so has the seed of an idea I had of building a new barn to season my wood and store my forestry equipment. I have been managing two small woodlands on the edge of the High Weald AONB of East Sussex for 3 or…
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Memories of the Great Storm of 1987
Britain went to bed on the night of 15th October 1987 having heard weather forecaster Michael Fish reassure the nation that it might be a bit windy, but there was certainly no prospect of a hurricane engulfing the country.
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Butterfly Workshop 30th July
The last in our series of butterfly workshops was held at Combwell, an SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) in the heart of the High Weald of Kent. It was well attended by about 18 owners and other interested parties who enjoyed a breezy, but mostly sunny and dry tour of the woods.
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Butterfly Workshop 23rd July
If our last workshop at Plattershill proved to be the perfect conditions for spotting and identifying butterflies, this weekends event was almost exactly the opposite. It was promising sunshine as I drove along the bottom of the South Downs to the event at a woodland close to the village of Small Dole in the Adur…
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Butterfly Workshop 2nd July
Last Sunday saw the first of a series of SWOG and Butterfly Conservation joint workshops. About a dozen SWOG members, owners and other interested parties joined us at Plattershill Wood in West Sussex on a close to perfect day for spotting butterflies. It was warm and sunny with a very light breeze. If anything…