Watching Trees Grow
A few years ago, I started gathering acorns and growing them in pots as part of my role for Woods for the Trees. I also… Read More »Watching Trees Grow
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A natural development in our curriculum
We have been running our tree planting project at Queen’s Park Primary School for three years now, with two successful planting-out sessions. We really want… Read More »A natural development in our curriculum
What shall we do with all the tree shelters?
They are ubiquitous: row upon row of green plastic tubes like toy soldiers on parade across once-ploughed fields now turned over to tree planting schemes;… Read More »What shall we do with all the tree shelters?
New ‘tiny forest’ for Leeds
How microforest planting can bring multiple benefits Traditional planting schemes favour neat rows of trees spaced 2m-3m apart; but nature doesn’t plant trees that way.… Read More »New ‘tiny forest’ for Leeds
Our Second Successful Secondary School Planting
Our year 6 students have done it again! This time last year, we were celebrating our first batch of saplings finding their final planting site,… Read More »Our Second Successful Secondary School Planting
An end of year update from our man in France
Branch Report 2023 In a corner of a French field is a Branch of Woods for the Trees. The Branch Manager, Tristram, has a hectare… Read More »An end of year update from our man in France
Winter walking
On a just-finished hundred-mile winter walk through West and South Yorkshire, I have felt somewhat tree-deprived – partly because my route lay through open farmland,… Read More »Winter walking
It’s National Tree Week
Fifty years after the Plant a Tree in ’73 campaign (I was 12), there’s a new initiative to coincide with National tree planting week; it’s… Read More »It’s National Tree Week
The collecting and planting
Whilst dodging the showers, Year 6 came together to collect and plant tree seeds/nuts collected from Ashley grounds. The project was part of their learning… Read More »The collecting and planting
What 3 Trees…?
This time last year we launched a scheme called What 3 Trees to support our schools programme. The idea was simple: you buy one of… Read More »What 3 Trees…?