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Tree Traditions: Wassailing
A new blog series looking at cultural traditions and folklore surrounding trees and woodlands.
Nest Planting: A Fresh Approach for the Final Tree Planting Season
The Silk Wood Community Planting Project Team (SWCPPT) introduce a new technique that will shape the way they plant trees and create resilient woodlands.
Tree of the Month: Wild Service Tree
This month’s native tree is the Wild Service Tree (Sorbus torminalis), an indicator of ancient woodlands and one of the UK’s rarest natives.
Tree of the Month – Field Maple (Acer campestre)
As autumn settles over Silk Wood, the modest Field Maple, Britain’s only native maple, takes the spotlight. Its golden leaves light up the paths as dramatically as exotic maples elsewhere. Learn more about this humble native, another one of the newly planted species by our community project in Silk Wood.
Tree of the Month: Beech
Each month we’re going to bring you a profile of one of the UK native tree species being planted in the Silk Wood Community Planting Project – this month is the common beech.
Scout About
Celebrating 1st Dursley Scouts’ achievements...
Tree of the Month: Italian alder
Each month we’re going to bring you a profile of one of the tree species being planted in the Silk Wood Community Planting Project. This month it's the Italian alder...
More than meets the Rye
Getting to grips with grass ID in the Community Woodland...
Look, then look again
Read on to find out how mindful photography for improved mental health and wellbeing...
Tree of the month: Hawthorn
Each month we’re going to bring you a profile of one of the tree species being planted in the Silk Wood Community Planting Project. This month it's the Hawthorn...
Tree of the month: Wild cherry
Each month we’re going to bring you a profile of one of the tree species being planted in the Silk Wood Community Planting Project. This month it's the Wild cherry...
Planting 6,700 trees with the help of community groups
Local community groups, schools and colleges joined forces to help plant 3,400 trees at Westonbirt, The National Arboretum this November to April to reach a total of 6,700 since last year.
Installing a Tree Growth Monitoring Station
The Silk Wood Community Planting Project team were recently joined by Climate Scientists from Forest Research, the research agency of the Forestry Commission, to install a Tree Growth Monitoring Station at the Silk Wood Community Planting Project site.
Hit the road (munt)jac!
Find out more about the sapling tree guard testing that's been going on at the Silk Wood Community Planting Project...