Category: Newsletters

  • May Newsletter 2013

    Many thanks go to Sarah this month, not just for putting out another fantastic newsletter, but for all the newsletters she has provided over the last couple of years.  We’ve really enjoyed each and every one, but sadly other commitments have meant that she will no longer be able to continue  with it. The good…

  • April Newsletter 2013

    Spring is sprung, the gras is riz . . .well not quite. However the April newsletter provides plenty to read when you come in from the cold.

  • March Newsletter 2013

    In the March Newsletter: Gower Charcoal makers’ project Horse Logging in the Scottish Borders New SWOG members meet the Forestry Commission in Northumberland Government response to the Independent Forestry Panel Report SWOG Newsletter March 2013 Thanks to Sarah for editing another informative edition of the SWOG newsletter.

  • February Newsletter

    After a brief Christmas break, Sarah has put together a great Newsletter to help get us through the winter.  Plenty of interesting articles as usual, but in particular, we are all  delighted to welcome  Judith Millidge to the role  SWOG’s new coordinator.   We are all sure she is going to do a great job…

  • December Newsletter

    Sarah has produced another great newsletter, plenty of interesting articles to get your teeth into as we head into the Christmas period.  Nice to see a brief bit of proper seasonal weather instead of the deluge most of the country has been experiencing.

  • November Newsletter

    Sarah has put together another great newsletter  this month. Some great fungi photo and important news about the ash dieback disease.

  • October Newslettter

    After a short break, Sarah has produced another packed newsletter, as ever there’s  lots to catch up with, show reports and events coming up, a round up of what’s going on around the bloggs plus some great articles if the rain has put you off venturing out to the woods Click below to read or…

  • August Newsletter

    Another great newsletter this month, before Sarah takes a well earned summer break. 

  • July Newsletter

    Summer is here, if you look at the calendar that is!  It’s been the wettest June ever and our rather expensive irrigation system we installed last winter to water our freshly coppiced and replanted hedge seems a little surplus to requirements!

  • June Newsletter

    Thanks to Sarah for another great Newsletter, including  a very nice article about restoring a dry stone wall, an important report from the Heartwoods Tree Diseases Workshop at Carding Mill Valley, book reviews and roundups of all woodie events and courses going on this summer.

  • May Newsletter

    Another bumper edition of the newsletter, Sarah has reported from two very useful events, the Royal Forestry Society Conference at Stoneleigh Park, and the Heartwoods event on Woodland Insurance and Safety at Wyre Forest, it should be of interest to all woodland owners, large or small.

  • April Newsletter

    Sarah has produced another fantastic newletter, some great articles looking at the history of your woodlands, greenwoodworking courses, upcoming events and of course the usual roundup of all things woody.