Month: October 2010

  • 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.

  • ‘EcoDiy’ Green Woodworking Workshop

    There is one last place available on the ‘EcoDiy’ green woodworking day workshop  in Essex on Sunday 24th October.

  • Forest Research – FR News

    Forest Research’s newsletter FR News is now available, but this time it comes with a big difference. As well as the usual roundup of research highlights, they are now delivering it alongside their more in-depth newsletters on social and economic research, ecology and pathology.

  • Low-Impact Smallholding Survey at Monkton Wyld – Dorset

    Low-Impact Smallholding Survey with Simon Fairlie, Jyoti Fernandes and Rebecca Laughton October 15th – 18th (Fri – Mon) £295 residential, £195 non-residential, £230 camping) (Fri-Sun rates and concessions available, including £25 off residential and camping rates for SWOG members)

  • October newsletter

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