New trees and the drought – watering
Trees planted in the last two or three seasons are extremely prone to spring and summer droughts – their roots haven’t yet developed enough to… Read More »New trees and the drought – watering
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Wood you wear it?
Fashion has always had its trends, but this season there’s one look that’s genuinely worth branching out for: Woods for the Trees. First up, the… Read More »Wood you wear it?
The London Tree Ring
Check out this story from today’s Guardian, highlighting the ongoing work of the London Tree Ring, a group of projects that engages young people, especially… Read More »The London Tree Ring
The Dwarf birch – a Highland tree
(the picture above shows mature downy birch trees with a ground cover of heather and dwarf birch) This last weekend we were in the Western… Read More »The Dwarf birch – a Highland tree
Tree-planting rejected
The BBC has posted a story about a Surrey council that rejected a tree-planting scheme proposed by a neighbourhood volunteer group who wanted to improve… Read More »Tree-planting rejected
Alla Barkova: Our featured artist
Alla Barkova was born on Sakhalin Island, in the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. She studied design at the Moscow Textile University and worked as a fashion… Read More »Alla Barkova: Our featured artist
The Wood-wide Webinars
A taster session Last night (Feb 11th, 2026), we broadcast our first Wood-wide Webinar We introduced participants to Woods for the Trees – who we… Read More »The Wood-wide Webinars
Four types of forest mapped
Afficionados of woods and trees might like to see/share this rather elegant and informative map. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-the-four-major-types-of-forests-around-the-world/
Oak Gall wasps: what are they about?
What’s an oak gall? In the picture above you see an autumn oak leaf, discarded by its tree having extracted all the sugars it can… Read More »Oak Gall wasps: what are they about?
Flop of the COPs
You might have been forgiven for believing that pantomime season had come early to Belém in Brazil, when it hosted the COP30 2025 UN Climate… Read More »Flop of the COPs