** Updated 13/3 ** – Butcombe is now fully planted, Upton Cheyney is well on the way. After this year both fields are more-or-less fully planted so no further mass planting sessions likely. I have… Tree planting 2017

This is for anybody who has some land and is planning to plants a woodland. If you’re still at the stage of finding  the land then my suggestions are here. These are some of the things I… Planting a woodland – bullet points

[this article is work in progress, needs some refinement to aid readability] Finding some land anywhere near Bristol (or other urban centres) to plant a woodland is possibly the hardest and certainly the most expensive… Thoughts on acquiring land to plant trees

Here are some thoughts for anybody who wants to plant a small woodland, based on my experience of doing it twice (2015 and 2016). I considered buying an existing woodland but it’s more fun (and… So you want to plant a woodland?

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There’s one main task for December to March – we have 2000 trees to plant. They’re native broadleaves: oak, field maple, small leaved lime, birch, aspen, alder, wild cherry, crab apple, rowan, sweet chestnut, beech, hazel, hawthorn, goat willow, dogwood, spindle, dog rose, holly and blackthorn. The trees are ‘whips’,… Tree planting at Butcombe – what to expect

A new project for early 2016 – planting trees in a five acre field near Butcombe (12 miles to the South of central Bristol). Over 4 months we’ll be planting about 3500 native broadleaved trees (including about 200m… Tree planting – Butcombe 2016

We planted almost 4000 trees and shrubs between January and March 2015. I’m pleased to say that they’re almost all thriving (a very few didn’t grow but generally we have a much higher survival rate… Upton Cheyney Woods update (October 2015)