News
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Plant a tree for the Jubilee with Jubilee Junior Forester Award
Our Patron, Her Majesty The Queen, and His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales will mark the start of the official planting season for The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) at the Balmoral Estate on Friday, 1st October 2021.
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Duke of Cornwall Award for Resilient Multipurpose Forestry 2021
Coed Caeaugwynedd, Llanfyllin, Powys, has won the award. Second place has gone to the Llanover Estate, Monmouthshire. Certificates of Merit were awarded to Powis Castle Estate, Welshpool, and Shane’s Castle Estate, Co. Antrim.
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Forestry for Non Foresters
For owners and managers of woodlands with little or no experience, the Royal Forestry Society (RFS) is hosting subsidized two-day courses to demystify forestry, leading participants through the forest cycle from establishment to harvesting timber.
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Upcoming Events
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Discount for members
Eucalyptus Silviculture
Using existing silvicultural knowledge on how Eucalyptus species have evolved and thrived in Australian climatic conditions and how they respond to planting in UK conditions, this course combines theoretical elements in the morning with economic and visual presentations of Eucalyptus silviculture at a location near Babworth Estate in the afternoon. With Bryan Elliott of Eucalyptus Renewables.
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Internal structure of timber
We are so used to looking up at our trees, yet only every take a skin deep view of them. The internal structure of a tree is incredible and complex, much of which we are only just beginning to understand. In this course, Jez Ralph will take a more in depth look at wood structure touched upon in his Understanding & Growing Timber Quality course.
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Outdoor Learning Practitioner Training Level 2
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