Georgina Colman
Grown in Britain Week 2024

Did you know it’s #GrownInBritainWeek? Today’s theme is collaboration and investing in the future. In 2016, Woodland Heritage invested in Whitney Sawmills, becoming the owner of the highly respected sawmill.

Grown in Britain Week 2024
Georgina Colman
Seeds to Sawdust - Matt Estlea Collaboration

If you’re here, chances are you’ve stumbled across this blog thanks to Matt Estlea’s video. Welcome! This probably means you already know who Matt is, and no introduction is needed, but for those who’ve found the blog by other means, this is a quick note to welcome you and share more about this exciting collaboration! Join the fun below by reading more about the collaboration & watch Matt’s video.

Seeds to Sawdust - Matt Estlea Collaboration
Acute Oak Decline
Georgina Colman
Are you a citizen scientist?

Are you a citizen scientist? Forest Research and The University of Warwick are undertaking a project to understand how surveys for tree pests and pathogens can be more effective by involving citizen science. This September/October, they are asking for your help.

Are you a citizen scientist?
Blogs
Georgina Colman
James Wood Study Tour

As July began, a group of ‘early career’ forestry professionals toured James Wood, Somerset. The event was run by the Institute of Chartered Foresters as part of a study tour with the group guided by Norbert Kovacs of Pryor & Rickett Silviculture.

James Wood Study Tour
Courses, Updates
Georgina Colman
Unique Course Links Tree Growers with Wood Users

A unique ‘Woodland to Workshop’ course from the charity Woodland Heritage, held from 24 to 26 September 2024, will bring together tree growers, wood users and beyond to learn how to make the most of the vital connections between our woodlands and workshops.

Unique Course Links Tree Growers with Wood Users

Woodland Heritage maintains support for training in Continuous Cover Forest Management

Three attendees at the latest running of the ‘Irregular Silviculture in the Lowlands: Transformation in Practice’ course and one at another CCF course in North Wales all received grants from Woodland Heritage towards the costs of their attendance in October.

The Prince of Wales extends his Patronage of Woodland Heritage

In August, Woodland Heritage was delighted to learn that HRH The Prince of Wales had accepted its request to renew his Patronage of the charity.  The Prince of Wales agreed to become Patron of Woodland Heritage in 2005 in recognition of the charity's efforts to improve the management of woodlands in the UK.

Pioneering champion of forest research is winner of the Peter Savill Award 2018

Woodland Heritage is delighted to announce that the winner of this year’s Peter Savill Award is Professor Jo Bradwell, an immunologist by profession, but whose support for innovation in science and research for the benefit of trees and forestry over the last five years has no parallel in the UK.