Small Woodland Owners' Group (SWOG)

Author: Judith

  • February 2016 Newsletter

    We kick off the February newsletter with a hint of good news about research into chalara resistance, inspirational coppicing from Sussex and the new Charter for Trees, Woodlands and People, a campaign which we are firmly behind. There’s also news of advice sessions available from the Forestry Commission, as well as meetings organised by our…

  • Charter for Trees, Woods and People

    SWOG members are already clear about the importance of trees in their own lives and to society as a whole, so let’s all welcome the Charter for Trees, Woods and People. SWOG is joining more than 40 organisations led by the Woodland Trust in a campaign to celebrate the value of our trees and woods and…

  • News January 2016

    We’re beginning 2016 with a short newsletter, but normal service will be restored in February. Take a look at the latest videos from Woodlands.co.uk: Tinder in the woodlands Paul Beadle of the Woodland Education Service explains how to light a fire without matches. An introduction to cabinet making Furniture designer and maker Andrew Marsh shares the secrets…

  • A Christmas tree for Stony Stratford

    Every Christmas Trafalgar Square receives a fir tree from the people of Norway. Market Square in Stony Stratford has a tree from a little closer to home, courtesy of SWOG member Andy Malleson who fells one from his small plantation at Gayhurst.

  • December 2015 Newsletter

    Wafted in on an unseasonably warm breeze, amid cries of ‘I don’t know where the year’s gone’, the December SWOG newsletter is a seasonal offering of peace and contemplation. There is news of the 2016 RFS Excellence in Woodland Award, a new registration scheme initiated by the Surrey & Sussex Coppice Group to put owners…

  • November 2015 Newsletter

    With the mists swirling around in November, prepare yourself for the mellow fruitfulness of the SWOG newsletter. Resilient woodlands – preparing for an uncertain future Thirty Years in Wilderness Wood – a review of Chris Yarrow’s fascinating story about his Sussex woodland Trees on the telly – a round-up of recent broadcasts about woodlands, including…

  • October 2015 Newsletter

    A glorious autumn is well under way, but once you’re back inside, take a look at the latest newsletter. Only 54 % of woodland owners and managers believe climate change will affect their woodlands – read more about the results of the 2015 British Woodland Resilience Survey, as well as a timely feature on foraging for…

  • September 2015 Newsletter

    The September newsletter contains plenty of news, features and appeals to complete woodland surveys. The Forestry Commission and Sylva want to hear your views – so tell them! Read about Freddie During’s tree-climbing course on the Isle of Wight. How about a trip to the Harcourt Arboretum near Oxford, the oldest botanic garden in the country? There are a number…

  • Making woodlands work survey

    England’s woods are a crucial part of the English countryside that provide a range of benefits to their owners and in doing so, enhance our wider landscape, ecology and economy. Woodland owners play an important role in helping to grow and expand woodland in Britain, while boosting their businesses and the forestry sector. The Forestry Commission wants…

  • August 2015 Newsletter

    The latest SWOG newsletter is a sun-filled extravaganza of woodland entertainment.   First, our good friends at Bentley are offering an early-bird discount to the 20th anniversary woodfair on 18-20 September. There are wonderful contributions from woodland owners: George Smith explains why he decided to buy a wood and describes the sheer fun it gives him…

  • SWOG Meeting, Catterick, 12 September

    SWOG Meeting, near Catterick 10am-1pm 12 September 2015 Following the popular meeting in Yorkshire in March, we can look forward to another on Saturday 12 September. Two SWOG families have kindly agreed to jointly host a meeting in their woods near Catterick in North Yorkshire. These two woods, which were once part of the Kiplin…

  • July 2105 Newsletter

    Summer seems to be with us (for a while, anyway). In this month’s newsletter we have a timely feature on finding water in woodlands, news of the RFS Excellence in Forestry Awards, as well as an article on green woodworking in Devon. We can also promise a SWOG meeting in September and a 25% discount…