I recently had the great pleasure to be invited as a guest speaker and guide for a special day exploring noble hardwoods, hosted by the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) at Alnarp.Continue Reading
Today, 15th July, is St Swithin’s Day, the best time of the year to prune walnut trees. The saint’s day is a handy way to remember when to brush the cobwebs of your pruning saw and get out to your trees.Continue Reading
What factors do you think will most affect woodland management in the UK over the next 50 years? Have your say …Continue Reading
Now is the best time of year to prune walnut trees. Enjoy a short video of me at work, high-pruning some young black walnut.Continue Reading
Recently, I gave a presentation alongside furniture maker Sebastian Cox at the Make Good symposium hosted by the V&AContinue Reading
England’s National Parks are no longer fit for purpose. Even before the climate emergency, their lack of naturalness is impeding attempts to halt declining biodiversity, but now there is a real urgency to renew thinking towards our 10 National Parks. We need a new version for our National Parks, a version 2.0.Continue Reading
Acute Oak Decline (AOD) is a serious threat facing native oak trees in Britain. If you own or manage trees, please support an important research project: Future OakContinue Reading
A paper published recently has presented ‘ten golden rules’ which the authors say should be followed to help deliver sustainable reforestation around the world.Continue Reading
The father of British forestry, John Evelyn, was born 400 years ago today, on 31st October 1620 at Wotton in Surrey. Read some papers celebrating …Continue Reading
Forest cover varies hugely across Europe, from 74% in Finland to 11% in the Netherlands. Overall, 46% of Europe is covered with forests, storing 172Gt of carbon.Continue Reading
When is a forest not a Forest, and a wood not a copse but a spinney? I’ve put together a list of collective nouns for trees.Continue Reading
Farmers, foresters and land managers, experts and environmental organisations, and members of the public are invited by government to give their views on the future creation and management of our trees, woodlands and forests in England.Continue Reading
Two UK government bodies responsible for the care of trees and forests have released a new tool to illustrate projected climate change for anywhere in Europe.Continue Reading
This is the title of a guest blog that I wrote for BMC, part of the Springer group of academic publishers, published today. Continue Reading
Recently I returned to a stand of walnut hybrid trees that I planted some years ago. I was impressed with the quality of the trees. This tree in particular exhibits all the features you want if you’re interested in growing walnut trees for their timber.Continue Reading
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