Category: Events
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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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Woodfairs 2016
Weird and Wonderful Wood 14–15 May 2016 Haughley Park, Wetherden, Stowmarket, Suffolk www.weirdandwonderfulwood.co.uk The Bushcraft Show 28–30 May 2016 Beehive Farm Woodland Lakes, Rosliston, Derbyshire www.thebushcraftshow.co.uk The Arb Show 3–4 June 2016 Westonbirt Arboretum www.trees.org.uk/The-ARB-Show West’s Wood Fair 18 & 19 June 2016 East Dean, Chichester, West Sussex www.westswoodfair.co.uk Royal Highland Show 2016 23–26 June…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Rural Development Grants
The new Rural Development Programme opens in 2015 which will include a scheme to improve Farming and Forestry Productivity. This package will probably include support for: Timber harvesting, extraction and primary processing equipment (woodfuel and timber) Storage to dry woodfuel Venison processing Training Business support Co-operation, collaboration and advisory services Forestry Commission England have teamed…
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Game Management Workshop
Matt Pitts, Woodland & Cultural Landscape Officer at the High Weald AONB has emailed us with news of a free game management workshop. For more details and to book a place, vist the Eventbrite page.
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Wilderness First Aid Courses
Andy Sullivan from ELST as been in touch with dates for this years two day wilderness first aid courses. I refreshed my first aid skills on this course last summer and actually needed to use them in a real life emergency the very week after. So you never know when you are going to need…