Award for Services to British Forestry
2021-01-27
Earlier this week I had the pleasure of meeting up with Michelle Savill to celebrate the handover of the Peter Savill AwardContinue Reading
One Million Reads
2020-11-21
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.Continue Reading
Peter Savill Award
2020-04-18
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.Continue Reading
Peter Savill DBH
2019-12-13
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.Continue Reading
Living Woods Magazine Summer 2019
2019-06-06
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.Continue Reading
Green Gold feature in Scottish Forestry
2019-05-14
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,Continue Reading
Ash dieback paper kindles national interest
2019-05-07
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.Continue Reading
Book launch and signing event
2019-02-14
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.Continue Reading
Miles to Money
2018-10-01
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. Continue Reading
300 miles cycle in September for Cancer Research UK
2018-07-03
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 worryContinue Reading
180-mile cycle, hundreds of children and four trees
2017-11-12
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.Continue Reading
The cycle of trees, woods and people
2017-10-28
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 CastleContinue Reading
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