Category: Events
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Managing pests and diseases – a chance to feed your views into policy
Forest Research are working to provide Defra with evidence from different kinds of woodland owners and managers, including owners of small woodlands, about how they are/are not dealing with recent outbreaks of tree pests and diseases, such as ash dieback, and how they might be planning to deal with the threat of potential future outbreaks.…
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Butterflies Flutterby
Many thanks are owed to Martin and Marilyn Garwood of Crow Wood, part of the Old Park Wood in Goudhurst. They hosted a wonderful afternoon of butterfly ID and general ‘woodie’ type chat in their wood in July.
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Birds and butterflies in Flatropers Wood
Flatropers Wood, Rye, Sussex 14 July 10.30am-1.30pm A guided walk with Alice Parfitt of the Sussex Wildlife Trust through Flatropers Wood, 37 hectares of mixed woodland, rides and paths. Refreshments will be available next door in the wood of SWOG members Dominic and Wendy Eldred-Earl. Alice will discuss the successful management of Flatropers for butterflies and birds and…
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The Butterfly Effect
Managing your woodlands for butterflies There are over 50 species of butterfly in the UK, along with more than 2,000 species of moth. Sadly, they have all been in decline for the past 40 years, but woodland owners are in a unique position to help support butterfly populations. With just a little work, woodland owners…
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Horse-logging demonstration 13 May
Join us for the visit to Karen Moon’s 9-acre wood at High Stoop in County Durham. SWOG members can enjoy a day in the woods, watching a demonstration of horse-logging and learning about the advantages of this traditional, low-impact aspect of woodland management.
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Red Squirrel Training Day
Holly Peek a Red Squirrel Ranger for Anglesey and Gwynedd has contacted us with some information that North West Wales members may find interesting.
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Permaculture wood fuel and home heating workshop
The Brighton Permaculture Trust is putting on a one day wood fuel and home heatingworkshop. Suitable for beginners, it will cover the basics of wood fuel home heating. The course will include the possible benefits of fuel autonomy, carbon, local economies, and sustainability. These topics are woven into the fabric of the course in such…
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SWOG meeting Tortworth Arboretum 23 April
SWOG meeting 2pm Saturday 23 April, Tortworth Arboretum, South Gloucestershire Tortworth Arboretum is a 20-acre site near Wooton-under-Edge, which was once owned by the Ducie family and forms part of the original Tortworth Estate. From the time he inherited the estate in 1853, the third Earl of Ducie, Henry John Moreton, complemented the existing ancient…
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Turbosawmill Demonstration Day
Thanks to Matt Kenyan the new UK distributor of Turbosawmills for bringing to our attention the demonstration day he is putting on together with the Jake Peterson, the designer of the mill.
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Farm Business Innovations 2015
The Farm Business Innovation Show is for more than just the diversifying farmer, we have leading woodland and forestry experts speaking across the two days (11th & 12th November, NEC Birmingham) who can help you reach your financial, sustainability and rural business goals. This, combined with experts in areas including planning, funding and rural tourism, makes this…
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Free Woodland Restoration Workshop
We are indebted to the Woodland Trust for inviting woodland owners to a free woodland restoration workship. Please contact Jim Smith-Wright (details below) if you are interested in attending. Friday 4th December in Laughton, East Sussex 11 am to 4pm This will include sessions on woodland management, planning and grants available. The afternoon session will…
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Seed Collection Workshop
Vanessa Sutcliffe would like to invite members of the Small Woodland Owners’ Group to attend a one-day workshop on Seed Collection, focussing on tree species in Wilderness Wood, Hadlow Down, East Sussex. Participants will learn how to approach and identify a group of trees, make a high quality seed collection and gather data and other…