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Public urged to join collective action to protect plant health at Chelsea Flower Show
Government, industry and charities sign agreement committing to raising public awareness of plant health and biosecurity. The RFS and 28 other organisations with a collective membership of over seven million people to sign new Accord, as the RHS Chelsea Flower 2022 begins.
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Celebrating The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022
We are delighted to send our very best wishes to our Patron Her Majesty The Queen on the occasion of her Platinum Jubilee. We wish her all the best as she celebrates 70 years as our Monarch.
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Plant Health Week
The Royal Forestry Society is delighted to support UK Plant Health Week. Managing plant health is vital to building resilient woodland for the future.
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RFS woods part of Ancient Canopy to celebrate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
We are delighted our Hockeridge and Pancake Woods have been chosen as part of a nationwide network of 70 Ancient Woodlands to be dedicated to The Queen in celebration of the Platinum Jubilee.
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Leaders Romans Group planting for the future at Hockeridge
Staff and directors from property experts Leaders Romans Group (LRG) have planted the first of a range of trees chosen to help the Royal Forestry Society’s (RFS) Hockeridge and Pancake Woods better survive climate change.
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Talking storms
We have been talking storms, climate change and planting woodland for the future with Tom Heap and the Radio 4 'Costing the Earth' team.
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There’s a buzz in the woods
Just three acres of wildflower patches within a forest can hold nearly nine million flowers – enough to support over half a million pollinators per day. Emma Buckley is Buckley’s Bees’ Chief Executive. Here she talks about why it is important to encourage bees into woodlands.
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Be vigilant for Phytophthora pluvialis
The Royal Forestry Society is urging woodland owners to check for signs of fungus-like pathogen Phytophthora pluvialis as more movement restrictions are announced in two more counties in England.
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Cracking Crafts and Forestry Fun: Activities for Easter
Happy Easter! Although is a great occasion for the whole family to enjoy, Easter is also often filled with over-eating chocolate and results in hyper-active children. Shona has created a few forest-themed ideas, as well as a collection of activity sheets, for you to keep them enthusiastic and engaged this year, making it an extra special Easter to remember for the whole family!
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40,000 enrol in The Queen’s Green Canopy Junior Forester Award
Nearly 40,000 children and young people are already taking part in The Queen’s Green Canopy Junior Forester Award as part of celebrations for Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
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Practically Speaking – James Cup Winners
An article giving practical advice for how forest resilience can be considered and implemented has won the James Cup.
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People at Work in the Woods: QJF Photography Winners
Three fabulous pictures that captured ‘People at work in the wood’ have won the Quarterly Journal of forestry (QJF) Photographic competition.
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