Small Woodland Owners' Group (SWOG)

Category: News

  • WANTED! Event Coordinator for SWOG

    Please contact Melanie if you are interested in this role.

  • From the Archive: Woodland Flora

    From Living Woods Issue 59 WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE? Ecologists and woodland owners ROY AND KATHRYN NELSON longed for a woodland with a rich and vibrant understorey. When their young wood in Northern Ireland failed to produce one, they applied academic rigour to the problem and have used their findings to offer practical…

  • Bloggers Wanted!

    Woodlands.co.uk are always looking for interesting Blogs for their website. If you are one of their woodland purchasers and would like to share your experiences of becoming an owner, they would love to hear from you! Those featured on the website will receive a jar of tasty woodlands honey. If you are interested, please contact…

  • New! Recommended Reading

    The new SWOG Books page has a varied collection of woodland-related books for inspiration, education and entertainment, with links to more information and Living Woods book reviews. We’ll keep adding relevant books – please share your recommendations for old or new publications to include.

  • News update 14/11/22

    The RFS are hosting a free Barriers to Woodland Management Workshop in Canterbury on Thursday 17th Nov, to help increase understanding of the issues facing good woodland management in Kent and find ways to overcome them. Booking info here. The Forestry Commission and Lincolnshire Wolds Countryside Service are hosting a free woodland creation workshop on…

  • From the Archive: Axes

    Carlton Boyce gets a handle on axes and hymns his favourite make, Gränsfors Bruk From Living Woods Issue 41 The invention of the axe transformed the way primitive man practised agriculture. Wielding an axe enabled him to create pasture from forest, build shelters, cut firewood and defend himself from attack. The invention of the axe…

  • Woodfairs 2022

  • RSPB – SWOG Meeting 2022

    Update May 2022 We are rerunning this meeting as there were a lot of people who weren’t able to make it last your due to the pandemic, I was one of them!  If you were too and would like to attend, please let me know. It will be taking place on the morning of July…

  • Wood fairs 2021

    A number of wood fairs have made cautious plans to re-open this summer.

  • RSPB Meeting

  • UK Squirrel Accord – Project Update

    There has been an interesting progress report from the UK Squirrel Accord, who are midway through their project of finding a species specific oral contraception for the invasive non-native grey squirrel.

  • Bumblebees and trees

    Thanks to Gill Perkins, the CEO of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust for her fascinating presentation on why bumblebees are so important as pollinators, the threats to their habitat and what woodland owners can do to help them. CLICK HERE TO VIEW IT