Small Woodland Owners' Group (SWOG)

Year: 2015

  • March 2015 Newsletter

    It’s officially spring and the March newsletter has news of new DEFRA forestry grants, instructions on how to make a sturdy bushcraft bed, and an appreciation of the work of the late Oliver Rackham.

  • Woodfairs 2015

    Together with Woodlands.co.uk, the SWOG team will be attending Woodfest Wales, Treefest and Bentley. South Downs Show and Hampshire Woodfair 15–16 August 2015 Queen Elizabeth Country Park, Hampshire www.southdownsshow.co.uk Treefest at Westonbirt Arboretum 29–31 August 2015 Tetbury, Gloucestershire www.forestry.gov.uk Stock Gaylard Oak Fair 29–30 August 2015 Sturminster Newton, Dorset www.stockgaylard.com National Forest Woodfair 31 August 2015 Beacon…

  • Witherslack Forestry & Woodfuel Fair Saturday 28 February

    Witherslack Forestry & Woodfuel Fair – Saturday 28 February Come and join us at Halecat House, Witherslack on Saturday 28th February, 10:00 – 16:00 for our latest Forestry and Woodfuel Fair. There will be plenty going on in the woodlands of the estate throughout the day including: ·         Various felling and extraction demonstrations ·         Community…

  • February 2015 Newsletter

    The February newsletter is packed with useful information. Chris Latchford of the Surrey and Sussex Coppice Group has written a really useful guide to coppicing for beginners, while John Clark continues his bushcraft series with a timely discussion of the most versatile knives for bushcrafters. In other news, divers discover an ancient forest of the…

  • Meeting in Yorkshire 28 Feb 2015

    There are still a few places available for the SWOG meeting in Bill and Shan Rigby’s wood in North Yorkshire, 28 February 2015, 10am-1pm . Relative newcomers to the world of woodland ownership, Bill and Shan own a 5-acre wood just 20 miles from York. They’re keen to chat to fellow SWOG members and to…

  • January 2015 Newsletter

    A very happy new year to all SWOG members. The first newsletter of 2015 is small but perfectly formed, with articles about bushcraft and a review of Seeing Butterflies by our resident moth and butterfly expert Heather Martin.