I realise this won’t mean much to others, but it means a lot to me … the number of reads of my blog has now passed one million reads. Read More
One Million Reads
Peter Savill Award
I have received the astounding news that I have been honoured by Woodland Heritage to receive the Peter Savill Award jointly with Professor Julian Evans, for making a significant contribution to the British Forest Industry. Read More
Peter Savill DBH
At the end of last month, my lifetime professional colleague and friend Dr Peter Savill sadly passed away. I had the great privilege of collaborating widely with Peter from the very beginning of my career in forestry. He was a true gentleman, humble and generous in equal measure, and will be sadly missed. Read More
Living Woods Magazine Summer 2019
The latest edition of Living Woods Magazine is out, and a great read. The Summer 2019 edition includes a review of my latest book Green Gold. Read More
Green Gold feature in Scottish Forestry
I was delighted to have my article about the life of Scottish plant hunter John Jeffrey, and my recently published fictional biography entitled Green Gold, featured in the Spring/Summer edition of Scottish Forestry, the journal of the Royal Scottish Forestry Society. The article highlights the life of Scotsman John Jeffrey, his employment by the Royal… Read More
Ash dieback paper kindles national interest
Today, the media picked up on the importance of the scientific paper which I revealed yesterday, which calculates the economic cost of ash dieback in Britain to total £15 billion. Read More
Book launch and signing event
Join author Gabriel Hemery introducing his new biographical novel Green Gold telling the story of intrepid plant hunter John Jeffrey. Talk, Q&A, and Book signing. Read More
Miles to Money
At the start of the month I announced I was undertaking a fundraising challenge. I’ve since raised £330 and cycled 393 miles during September. Read More
300 miles cycle in September for Cancer Research UK
I’m fundraising money to support Cancer Research by cycling at least 300 miles in September. Usually I ride my bike to fundraise for Fund4Trees (I’m a trustee of the small arboricultural charity), but our next event is some way away. Like so many people, I have experienced the pain and worry when a family member is… Read More
180-mile cycle, hundreds of children and four trees
One week ago I arrived in Lincoln with eight fellow riders after completing a 180-mile cycle from London to celebrate the launch of the new Charter for Trees, Woods & People. Read More
The cycle of trees, woods and people
In January this year I wrote about the 800th year anniversary of the Charter of the Forest, in the form of the new Charter for Trees, Woods and People – read my earlier post. The launch of the new Charter is now just one week away, taking place in Lincoln Castle on Monday 6th November. Since… Read More
John Jeffrey rediscovered
In 1849 an influential group of subscribers came together under the care of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) to sponsor a plant-hunter, John Jeffrey, and support his ambitious expedition to North America in 1850. But after his mysterious disappearance, just four years later, he was soon all-but-forgotten. I’m delighted to announce that the little-known exploits of John Jeffrey will be celebrated in public for the first time, fittingly in a new collaboration with RBGE. Read More
