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
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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
Do Trees have memories…?
This article from The Conversation is well-worth reading, if you’re interested in the latest research on trees’ remarkable evolutionary journey: https://theconversation.com/what-do-trees-remember-268499?utm_medium=article_clipboard_share&utm_source=theconversation.com
National Tree Week planting opportunities
If you live in the North-east of England, you might be interested in Living Woods’s full nine-day celebration of National Tree Week’s 50th anniversary. There… Read More »National Tree Week planting opportunities
Back to School
A couple of years ago I retired from my job in the local primary school, Queen’s Park School. Sometimes I miss working there so I… Read More »Back to School