May Day is here and with it the latest SWOG newsletter! Nominate your favourite woodland individual or enterprise for a Woodland Award Read about the PAWS restoration workshop in Rogley Wood Learn about one man’s lifetime love of crafting rustic ash chairs. Sign up for a SWOG meeting!        

The April newsletter is bursting with life: No fewer than five SWOG meetings to attend Get involved  – sign the Tree Charter and have a tree planted on your behalf Read about EFRA’s recommendations to the government on the future of forestry – they did not mince their words!

‘Indoors or outdoors, no-one relaxes in March’, according to Ogden Nash. He’s right: the number of activities and reports in this month’s SWOG newsletter will provide something for everyone. A series of SWOG meetings around the country coming up during the spring and summer. Christopher Duncan tells us how to turn brash into cash Rodney Waterfield…

With Christmas a distant memory, and even Pancake Day a blip on the horizon, celebrate the start of February with the SWOG newsletter. Gary Alexander provides sensible advice about woodland insurance Andy and Jane Morton describe their work in Sallerton Wood The winners are revealed in SWOG’s Big Picture competition  

A very Happy New Year to all SWOG members! We begin 2017 with a small, but perfectly formed newsletter. The usual format will return next month and in the meantime, please keep sending in your entries for the SWOG photo competition – don’t miss the chance to win a place on  Phil Hopkinson’s coppice course.

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…

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!

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.

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 !

With the arrival of the lazy days of summer comes the August Newsletter. Read about The benefits of using horse to extract timber from woodlands The Big Butterfly Count What to look for in a cross-cut saw SWOG meeting in Shropshire RFS Courses for woodland owners Discounted entry to the APF Show and the Bentley Woodfair  

Enjoy the summer with the July newsletter. Sign up for the SWOG meeting in Shropshire Small woodland owners have a vital role as custodian of the nation’s woodland heritage. The Sylva Foundation wants to capture the hopes and fears of woodland owners for the future to incorporate them into the Charter for Trees, Woods and…

 It’s hard to believe summer is officially here, but the latest newsletter is full of news guaranteed to warm the hearts of SWOG members. What do owners do with their woods? How SWOG supports owners Free track maintenance pilot scheme for south-east owners Ash dieback – how you can help Inside an ancient oak with Loris