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
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
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
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
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
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…?
… on a cheerier note… The paperback is out today, available from all good bookshops, for £12.99.
After my last post, a the letter I wrote earlier this week to the Directors of England’s tree planting programme, I received a prompt, if… Read More »The Full Monty
Monday, September 11th, 2023 To: Directors England Tree Planting Programme, DEFRA …another almost two months have passed since your last communication. Three years (and planting… Read More »The Man who didn’t plant trees…
If you’re growing trees from seed, it’s worth trying a couple of different methods. Using plastic reusable cell modules for medium sized seeds and nuts… Read More »Starting a tree nursery
