Woodland Meetings
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Ombersley Estate – Worcestershire Division
Andrew Woods will led this tour reviewing 50 years of woodlands, land use and estate matters.
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Worcestershire Young Farmers Club HQ, Hawford – Worcestershire Division
Evening lecture: The Lawrence Pilling memorial lecture where the guest speaker, Dr Johnny Birks, will share his research on the return of the Pine Marten.
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Neighbours Hall, Great Milton – Oxon & Bucks Division
Evening lecture: Dr Pascale Nicolet will talk about woodland ponds and water, whilst Oliver Wright will discuss growing cricket bat willow. Preceded by supper at 6.30 pm.
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Stoke Lacy Village Hall – Herefordshire Division
Evening lecture: The Chris Johnson memorial lecture where the guest speaker, Tony Norman, will talk about black poplar. To be followed by hot pot supper and AGM.
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Malshanger Estate Club, Basingstoke – Southern Division
Evening lecture: Charles Dutton will talk about the future of growing broadleaves in lowland Britain – with or without grey squirrels
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Sophia Gardens, Cardiff – South Wales Division
We'll examine the city’s evolving approach to urban forestry including management of complex urban tree canopy.
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Abbeystead Estate, Lancaster – North Western Division
Looking at commercial forestry, biodiversity constraints for woodland creation, temperate rainforest and upland oak SSSI. Numbers for this visit are strictly limited.
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Chelsea Physic Garden – London & Middlesex Division
A tour of this amazing and unique garden. More information about this visit will follow shortly.
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Wyre Forest – North West Midlands Division
Visit to Wyre Forest to look at forestry operations on an oak Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) National Nature Reserve (NNR).
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Aughentaine Estate near Fivemiletown – Northern Ireland Division
Joint visit with Irish Timber Growers Association to discuss the aftermath of Storm Eowyn, future resilience planning, renewables and forestry.
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Sturt Forestry – Worcestershire Division
Visit to Sturt Forestry in the Wyre Forest, to look at productive woodland management. To include Divisional AGM at Coppice Creations.
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Delamere Seed Processing Centre, Delamere – North Wales Division
This newly opened cutting-edge facility will support creating climate-resilient forests for future generations.
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Courteenhall Estate – Midlands Division
Late afternoon event. A guided tour of arboretum and gardens followed by optional pie and a pint at a local hostelry. A lovely social event to kick off the year’s site meetings.
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Chirk Castle and Estate, Wrexham – North Wales Division
Kindly hosted by The National Trust, we'll look at the management of veteran and ancient trees in a SSSI parkland.
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Hockeridge and Pancake Woods – Oxon & Bucks Division
We will look at recent work undertaken and consider resilience and climate change in these RFS-owned and managed woods.
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