Establishment/Planting

The Heart of England Forest’s Coughton Fields. Copyright: Charlotte Doran Davies

Establishing new woodland or restocking woodland after tree harvesting requires careful planning of species and spacing to suit soil conditions, climate and topography as well as management objectives. Care and management of a site in its early years are also crucial to successful establishment.

The Heart of England Forest case study on planting a new native woodland, which can be downloaded right, is the first in a series of case studies looking at different planning and woodland planting techinques.

Case Studies

New Native Broadleaf Planting, Heart of England