Month: January 2014

  • Newsletter February 2014

    The February newsletter is available for download, with plenty of news and features to enliven the dankest of days. We have plans for a SWOG meeting in March, a report on the hopes of the RFS for more rigorous squirrel control and a feature about Marston Thrift, an ancient community woodland in Bedfordshire. We hope…

  • Coppice Tools – Bring and Buy Sale

    From a chainsaw to a billhook, bring along your old tools to sell, swap or barter and buy some-one else’s. If you have anything big to sell let us know and we’ll save you a space (or just bring a photo of it). Saturday 1st February 2014, 10.30 – 4pm Pepenbury, Cornford lane, Pembury, Tunbridge…

  • Meeting at Marston Vale – 2nd March 2014

    Marston Thrift is a community ASNW woodland on the borders of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. It has been worked by a dedicated group of volunteers since 1973 and it is thanks to them that the woodland has been brought back into management and now thrives. The Wardens of Marston Thrift, Clive and Angela Bucknall, have kindly…

  • Courses for 2014 from ‘Native Hands’

      ‘Native Hands’ will be offering a new and updated range of courses for the new year.  Wild pottery, bramble berry baskets, stitching bark containers and more.  They are based down in East Sussex near Lewes. More information and course dates are available the Native Hands website.  

  • Courses for woodland owners

    Many SWOG members have been on courses to improve their woodland knowledge or to learn new skills. We have compiled a list of courses attended by those members who received a grant from Woodlands.co.uk when they purchased their wood. It is searchable by course, subject or county, and includes hyperlinked contact details and short reviews.…

  • Newsletter January 2014

    A very happy new year to everyone! The January newsletter is available here – slightly shorter than usual, but including excellent contributions from several members. Elsewhere in the SWOG website, don’t miss Rich’s article about deer management.