nurturing a wood culture, growing a future
This summer, the Forestry Commission’s National Arboretum at Westonbirt in Gloucestershire will be home to an outdoor exhibition marking the publication of an extraordinary new book – The New Sylva – celebrating trees and woodland culture.
We’re delighted to announce the appointment of our first Education Manager. Following the generous support of the Patsy Wood Trust we have appointed Jen Hurst to lead in the development of our education work.
The Woodfuel Woodland Improvement Grant (WIG) has been extended and is open for applications – but only until the end of September this year
We are asking for help in adding ash trees to an important nationwide survey. We have a limited number of tree tags to give away free, on a first-come, first-served basis.
The Top twenty Questions for Forestry & Landscapes or T20Q survey, now multilingual, has already attracted over 500 questions from respondents around the world. The T20Q survey is seeking the input of anyone who has an interest in forestry, forest products & ecosystem services to suggest priority questions for research and policy that really do…
Woodfuel WIG The Forestry Commission England is encouraging agents and owners to apply for the Woodfuel Woodland Improvement Grant (WWIG) before it closes for new applications in September. This grant was launched three years ago and is aimed primarily at getting under-managed woodlands into sustainable timber production with either grants for improving access or for…
Our fundraising campaign begins in June – here’s a short teaser of a film that we are working on at the moment featuring the Forest School Association.
A free workshop will bring together managers of ash research sites, concerned land-owners and managers of woodlands experiencing or threatened by Chalara ash dieback. The aim is to share information and experience and to renew partnerships in ash genetics and tree improvement research.
The exhibition of drawings from The New Sylva at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh continues to delight visitors, as shown in this photo album. The exhibition remains open until June 15th.
We are pleased to announce that the Small Management Planning template from Forestry Commission England has been added to myForest. Users of myForest can now choose whether to create a management plan using the full template or the small template.