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Things people do in their woodlands

Here are some of things people who have bought woodlands from us have said that they do in their woodlands. We’ve grouped them into categories, but some fall into more than one group. Obviously, not all woods are suitable for all these things but most of the woods we sell are suitable for most activities!

Simple enjoyment

• Walking and exploring
• Finding out what’s there and looking at it through the seasons
• Barbeques/campfire cooking

Events

• Camping (with friends?)

Forestry activities

• Thinning and Pruning
• Coppicing
• Planting
• Individual tree felling
• Timber Harvesting
• Measuring and assessing trees
• Map-making
• Making paths, tracks and forest glades

Construction

• Fence
• Building benches
• Den building
• Swing-making
• Culverts
• Fencing
• Making covered store for camp fire logs

Sporty activities

• Ball games
• Orienteering
• Tree climbing

Using wood

• Charcoal making
• Pole lathe turning with green wood/"Bodging"
• Wood carving
• making hurdles/plant frames

Nature-related

• Photography
• Drawing
• Making a nature trail
• Watching wildlife (eg birds, deer, badgers, butterflies, moths)
• Allowing scout groups/local schools to do projects
• Bat watching
• Study of flowers

Therapy

• Getting away from it all! – total relaxation
• Studying and deriving natural remedies from trees and plants

With Water

• Building ponds
• Fishing
• Toy boat building
• Dam building

Forest products

• Blackberry picking
• Cutting pea-sticks/bean poles
• Fungi collecting
• Bee-keeping
• Growing and harvesting nuts (eg chestnuts)
• Collecting Christmas trees, holly and Ivy at Christmas time

Other

• Archaeology and history – earthbanks, hedges
• and visit the local library
• Learning/teaching simple survival techniques

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