Search results for: “first aid”
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Books: Green Gold by Hemery
From Living Woods issue 52 MATT LARSEN-DAW immerses himself in the world of the plant hunters of the 19th century GREEN GOLD The Epic True Story of Victorian Plant Hunter John Jeffrey GABRIEL HEMERY Unbound Digital Paperback: 302 pages RRP: £8.99 ISBN: 978-1789650235 An epistolary novel about the life and times of a Victorian botanist…
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Books: Underland by Robert Macfarlane
From Living Woods issue 52 ‘Geography lessons have never been so exciting, personal or terrifying.’ JOHNNY MORRIS relishes Robert Macfarlane’s wide-ranging journey through the worlds beneath our feet UNDERLAND ROBERT MACFARLANE Hamish Hamilton Hardback 496 Pages RRP: £20.00 ISBN: 978-0241143803 Three-quarters of the way through Robert Macfarlane’s dazzling book, he recounts a conversation with Robert…
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Books: British Forests: The Forestry Commission 1919-2019
From Living Woods issue 53 PROFESSOR JULIAN EVANS reviews a commemorative history of the Forestry Commission BRITISH FORESTS: THE FORESTRY COMMISSION 1919-2019 Profile Books Ltd Hardback 256 pages £25 ISBN 978-1788163132 Celebrating the Forestry Commission’s centenary always required a book and what is on offer is an interesting compendium. It is in three parts: history,…
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Books: Wilding by Isabella Tree
From Living Woods issue 58 Woodland owner and farmer GUY LAMBOURNE ponders the value of wilding as a form of land management WILDING THE RETURN OF NATURE TO A BRITISH FARM Isabella Tree Picador ISBN 978-1509805105 Paperback 384 pages RRP £9.99 If I was writing a review for the back of this book I think…
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Books: Treepedia by Maloof
From Living Woods issue 61 ANTONY MASON dips into an enjoyable pocket-sized encyclopedia of trees and tree-lore. It’s a handy guide, and as a bonus, is printed on recycled, wood-free paper TREEPEDIA A Brief Compendium of Arboreal Lore JOAN MALOOF Princeton University Press Hardback 152 pages RRP £9.99 ISBN 9780691208756 It may come as a…
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Mosses in Nottinghamshire
An Introduction to Mosses and Liverworts Notts Wildlife Trust Saturday 23rd February at Rushcliffe Country Park Classroom, 11am-4pm. Followed by two field sessions, the first of which is on 2 March
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Alert over caterpillar pest in London and Berkshire -FC press release
29 APRIL 2013 FC NEWS RELEASE No: 15922 Alert over caterpillar pest in London and Berkshire People in parts of London and Berkshire are being reminded by the Forestry Commission, Public Health England and local authorities not to touch caterpillars of the oak processionary moth, which are beginning to emerge in oak trees…
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Survey reveals ash disease in six more counties
Here is the latest press release from th Forestry Commission concerning the spread of Chalara. There’s a link to a useful map toward the bottom of the piece and a video which gives good examples of how to identify the disease from both the leaf and the stem.
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Efforts stepped up to tackle disease of ash trees
We have received a further update from the Forestry Commission concerning the worrying outbreak of Charala.
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Seeds of change could be secret weapon in battle for our woodlands
It seems that every week we hear of new diseases threatening our trees. Here’s some news from the Forestry Commission, of a more resistant pine which could provide some respite in the battle.
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Bulworthy Project – SWOG meeting
Many thanks go to Pete and Anna of the Bulworthy Project in Devon for extending such a warm welcome to SWOG members by hosting a meeting at Henson’s wood . Pete and Anna have set up a charcoal making business and were kind enough to show us their method and explain the theory…
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SWOG Meeting at Clan Wood – report
Many thanks to Howard and Shirley who have sent us a nice write up and photos of their recent meeting at Clan Wood. Look out for this article and more pictures in ‘Living Woods’ magazine.