The Woodlands.co.uk Blog - Events & Places
Orienteering and Woodlands
If you’ve ever fancied trying orienteering, Linda Thornton of Cleveland Orienteering Club, describes the challenge of combining speed, maps and compasses in a woodland setting: Read more…
Woodland Courses 2009 Pt 1
Now that you have your new 2009 diary, book some time to brush up your woodland skills or learn new ones. From the purely practical to the extremely esoteric, whatever you want to learn, there’s a course out there for you. Read more…
Festival of the Tree 2008, Westonbirt Arboretum
Once again it was a pleasure to meet everyone who called in at the Woodlands.co.uk stand at Westonbirt over the August Bank Holiday weekend. Read more…
Getting Help With Selling the Produce of a Small Woodland
As a small woodland owner you will inevitably produce a certain amount of timber, even if this is not your main aim for the woodland. But one of the problems facing a small woodland owner is that the amount of produce created is relatively little and therefore sometimes tricky to sell. Read more…
Woodland Courses 2008 – Part 2
A selection of courses from some of our favourite training providers … Read more…
Rope and Cordage
During man’s history, rope and cordage has been made from numerous materials. Read more…
Treebog Course with The Nature’s Playground Project – “quite beautiful toilets …”
You may remember a great blog a couple of months ago by Jackie of Play Action about her forest school plans. Their latest project is to build some “facilities” at their wood in Ashford, Kent – pretty essential if you have lots of kids visiting! Would you like to take part and get some excellent and practical tuition into the bargain?! It’s quite soon – Thurs 12th to Sat 14th June ’08 – so if you’re interested read on for more information from Jade who’s organising the project: Read more…