Category: SWOG Events
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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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SWA Skill Share & AGM 13 September 2014
Our good friends in the Small Woods Association (SWA) are holding their AGM alongside a very comprehensive programme of speakers, workshops and demonstrations on 13 September at the Woodland Enterprise Centre at Flimwell, East Sussex. SWOG members are warmly invited to take advantage of the discounted rate of £48 for the day, which includes lunch and refreshments. (Members of…
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Free ash dieback seminars 14 July, Kent
The Kent Resilience Forum, in association with Jonathan Harding of the Forest Commission, is running two free events on 14 July (one morning, the other in the afternoon) on identifying ash dieback on. Each event will last about 2.5 hours and will be held at Brockhill Country Park, near Hythe in Kent. There are still some places available. If this is…
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Free tree health seminars, East & East Midlands
FREE TREE HEALTH SEMINARS The Forestry Commission is holding three Tree Health Seminars in July for those with an interest in forestry. Each indoor seminar will be led by Forest Research scientists, who will provide the latest findings on a range of current tree pests and diseases, as well as horizon scanning some potential threats. The seminar…
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Heartwoods – bringing woodlands into management
Will Tomkins from the Small Woods Association has sent us information on a scheme which would help owners of unmanaged wood in the West Midlands. For more detals contact the number below directly.
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Meeting at Marston Vale – 2nd March 2014
Marston Thrift is a community ASNW woodland on the borders of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. It has been worked by a dedicated group of volunteers since 1973 and it is thanks to them that the woodland has been brought back into management and now thrives. The Wardens of Marston Thrift, Clive and Angela Bucknall, have kindly…
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See the woods from the trees at Plumpton College
The Wood Enterprise Centre is hosting a free day of information and advice around the subject of woodfuel on Tuesday 29th October at at Plumpton College at Woodland Enterprise Centre, Flimwell, East Sussex,TN5 7PR. There will be speakers from the woodfuel industry, and advice on how to apply for grants, as well as demonstrations of…
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Deer Management Course
Matt Pitts, the woodland office for the High Weald AONB has sent us news of a deer management workshop in November in the Bedgebury Forest Centre. Anyone who has woodland in this area will be aware of the large number of deer. Download the flyer for full details of the programme for the day,…
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Bulworthy Project – SWOG meeting
Many thanks go to Pete and Anna of the Bulworthy Project in Devon for extending such a warm welcome to SWOG members by hosting a meeting at Henson’s wood . Pete and Anna have set up a charcoal making business and were kind enough to show us their method and explain the theory…