Tag: woodland

  • Grown in Britain SWOG Offer

    Grown in Britain (GiB) is a national certification scheme supporting the use of sustainable UK timber in forest products. As part of GiB Week 2024 they have an exclusive offer for SWOG members with woodlands in England: Receive 1 year of fully-funded Grown in Britain Forest Certification! This provides: • Access to news on GiB…

  • Making Bird & Bat Boxes

    If you would like to give the birds and bats in your woodland a helping hand, the following organisations provide useful advice and plans for making nest boxes suited to different species. If you’re lucky enough to have pine marten, there are den box plans available too. Please let us know if you have other…

  • Tree Health Webinar

    In our July webinar, Elliot Carpenter from the Forestry Commission talked about tree health and managing pests & diseases in woodlands. His informative slides are available below (click to expand) and the webinar can be watched here. Ips typographus Oak Processionary Moth (OPM) Phytophthora ramorum Ash Dieback Further information

  • YDMT Woodland Management Programme

    In a recent SWOG webinar, Mike Appleton told us about the work of the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust (YDMT) and How to Reduce the Use of Plastics in Woodland. Here he describes a new project that supports owners to get more small woodlands into active management in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Nidderdale and the…

  • Woodland Sites Wanted/Available for Hire

    Requests for access to woodlands for activities such as forest school, nature therapy and courses/training, plus woodland sites which provide such facilities. If you are interested in offering your woodland for a particular request please email Mary to be put in contact with the person looking for a site. Any agreements reached between owners and…

  • Angus Climate Hub

    An invitation for local woodland owners and anyone interested in sustainable woodland management from Dirk Sporleder, Woodland Manager at Dronley Community Woodland: Dronley Community Woodland is very happy to announce that we are part of the Angus Climate Hub. The Angus Climate Hub, funded by the Scottish Government, is supporting several projects that are developing…

  • April Newsletter

    Sarah has produced another fantastic newletter, some great articles looking at the history of your woodlands, greenwoodworking courses, upcoming events and of course the usual roundup of all things woody.