Small Woodland Owners' Group (SWOG)

Author: Judith

  • Newsletter May 2017

    May Day is here and with it the latest SWOG newsletter! Nominate your favourite woodland individual or enterprise for a Woodland Award Read about the PAWS restoration workshop in Rogley Wood Learn about one man’s lifetime love of crafting rustic ash chairs. Sign up for a SWOG meeting!        

  • Newsletter April 2017

    The April newsletter is bursting with life: No fewer than five SWOG meetings to attend Get involved  – sign the Tree Charter and have a tree planted on your behalf Read about EFRA’s recommendations to the government on the future of forestry – they did not mince their words!

  • Into the woods with Countryfile

    It was great to see a whole episode of BBC Countryfile devoted to woodlands and timber.

  • Malvern Coppicing – a review

    Thanks to Annie Vincent for this review of a course at Malvern Coppicing. This course is a must for all those starting out in their woods and for those that want to learn how to manage and maintain it while ensuring that the wildlife is encouraged, too.

  • Newsletter March 2017

    ‘Indoors or outdoors, no-one relaxes in March’, according to Ogden Nash. He’s right: the number of activities and reports in this month’s SWOG newsletter will provide something for everyone. A series of SWOG meetings around the country coming up during the spring and summer. Christopher Duncan tells us how to turn brash into cash Rodney Waterfield…

  • Newsletter February 2017

    With Christmas a distant memory, and even Pancake Day a blip on the horizon, celebrate the start of February with the SWOG newsletter. Gary Alexander provides sensible advice about woodland insurance Andy and Jane Morton describe their work in Sallerton Wood The winners are revealed in SWOG’s Big Picture competition  

  • And the winners are . . .

    Thank you to everyone who entered the SWOG Big Picture competition. All the entries were wonderful and it is great to see everyone enjoying their woodlands. Our judge, Graham Wood, faced a difficult choice, but finally selected three clear winners.

  • January 2017 Newsletter

    A very Happy New Year to all SWOG members! We begin 2017 with a small, but perfectly formed newsletter. The usual format will return next month and in the meantime, please keep sending in your entries for the SWOG photo competition – don’t miss the chance to win a place on  Phil Hopkinson’s coppice course.

  • How do you feel about pests and diseases?

    Dr Julie Urquart from Imperial College is running a project about ash dieback.

  • December 2016 Newsletter

    December has swept in on an icy draught, and with it a SWOG newsletter to warm the cockles. Don’t miss the chance to win a place on a coppice course – enter the SWOG Big Picture competition. Send us your selfies and photographs of people enjoying the woods. There are plenty of festive downloads – useful freebies…

  • Say trees – SWOG’s big picture competition

        

  • National Tree Week

      The 41st National Tree Week begins on 26 November, and kicks off with a series of events to bring trees to the forefront of public consciousness. This year the Tree Council are encouraging us all to get involved with Tree Dressing Day on Saturday 3 December, and in support, the Woodland Trust and Forest Charter…