Year: 2010

  • English Woodland Grant Scheme – Latest

    All the latest news from the Forestry Commission’s English Woodland Grant Scheme, managing ancient woodland,  claiming payment and news of the recent website changes. Please download from  here.

  • Photo Competition

    Medway Valley Countryside Partnership  have an ongoing photography competition.

  • Christmas & New Year newsletter

    The Christmas & New Year newsletter is now available to download from the link below. A bumper Christmas and New Year edition of the newsletter is kicked off with some truly seasonal weather.  So if you can’t get to work, or even worse, make it to the woods, here’s an opportunity to snuggle up by…

  • A meeting in Carmarthenshire – Hosted by Malcolm & Joan

    Many thanks to Malcolm and Joan who kindly hosted a well attended meeting at their wood in Carmathenshire.  Everyone who attended has said what  a fantastic day they had, warmed by Malcolm and Joan’s hot soup and awed by their stunning woodland. Thanks also go to Chris who sums up the day in the article…

  • Horse logging event

    There is a free horse logging event at St Julian’s (near Sevenoaks) on Thursday 18th November and there will also be a firewood processing machinery demonstration from Jonathan Latham from Forestry Equipment. The event is aimed at land managers and woodland owners. All welcome,  for more details click on the flyer http://www.swog.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Horse-logging-event-at-St-Julians-18-Nov-2010.pdf

  • November newsletter

    The November newsletter is now available to download from the link below.

  • Wooded landscapes conference

    Lyn Palmer, Historic Environment Awareness Project Officer for the Weald Forest Ridge  in conjunction with the Sussex Archaeological  Society is organising , ‘The Archaeology of Wooded Landscapes’ conference next February.

  • Southern Gas Network grants

    Camilla Blackburn, living landscape project officer with the Kent Wildlife Trust has secured some funding from the Southern Gas Network which will need to be spent before March 2011. Click the images below to view at full size

  • Coppice conference report

    The south east  coppice conference report is now out.  Interesting reading for those in the industry or an interest in woodlands, not just for those in the south east, but across the whole country. Download it here.

  • A meeting with Professor Julian Evans

    Professor Julian Evans very kindly hosted a SWOG meeting at his own wood in Hampshire on Saturday 16th October.  As it was very much a ‘hands on’ day, about sixteen members duly turned up, suitably attired and hand tools at the ready!

  • Propagating and planting tree seeds for woodland creation projects

    This wonderful day with Colin Carpenter at the Community Tree Trust offers the opportunity to learn how to collect and plant a variety of native British tree seeds to grow your tree saplings for future planting projects.

  • Traditional Earthburn on Ashdown Forest

    Update 15/10/2010 There is a short video explaining the earth burn available on the High Weald AONB website. The Sussex and Surrey Coppice Group held a ‘Coppice Week’ on Ashdown Forest last month.  Coppice group members, the public and other interested parties enjoyed workshops held by some of the leading craftsmen in the country.