Here woodlands TV and We be Kids shows you how to make bramble cordage. You will need secateurs and some leather gloves to protect your hands from the bramble spikes! This is a great activity you can do with the kids on a day out in the woods. #cordage #bramble #outdooractivities

Using the bark of an oak tree that fell down during a recent storm, leatherworker Katy Warriner guides us through the traditional process of tanning deer skins. It's a complex process with many different stages, but she explains how you can do it yourself in your own garden, creating leather that will last you a lifetime. Thanks to Katy Warriner: www.warinnerleatherworks.co.uk Film by Jemma Cholawo: www.jemmacholawo.com

Tom Bliss, lecturer in Landscape Architecture at Leeds Beckett University, talks about his family’s ancient coppice, Foxhanger Wood, with his sister Anne Milner, their woodman, Ian Baldwin, and friend Annabel Watts, head gardener at nearby Munstead Wood, the home of Gertrude Jekyll. Anne Milner (Bliss Irises): https://www.blissiris.co.uk/ Ian Baldwin (Wey Valley Woodman): https://coppice-products.co.uk/maker/wey-valley-woodman/ Annabel Watts (Munstead Wood): https://www.munsteadwood.org.uk/

There are various different ways to plant a woodland, and in this film, we learn about growing trees for timber. Andy has planted chestnut, hazel, oak and wild cherry to replace what was largely ash and larch, and with ash dieback threatening, this is an important move to keep the area wooded. The woodland canopy was previously very dense, so opening it up for replanting has benefits for wildlife and allows new plants to thrive. He also shows us an alternative to plastic tree guards to protect coppice regrowth from browsing deer. Thanks to Andy Morton at Sallerton Wood. https://www.sallertonwood.org.uk Film by Jemma Cholawo: www.jemmacholawo.com

Danny from WebeKids has teamed up with WoodlandsTV to create a series of instructional but fun videos showing you a bunch of different activities that you can do in the woods that are fun and safe for all ages. From how to make your own wooden mallet to foraging and cooking on the campfire. Here he shows us how to turn those not so nice stinging nettles into delicious nettle fritters! A film by webekids for woodlands.co.uk

Cumbria's woodlands are home to many iconic species including red squirrels. Sadly, our native reds are on the verge of extinction in England and the Lake District is one of the last strongholds for this creature greatly admired by the late Beatrix Potter. Discover how local volunteers, rangers and charities seek to ensure the survival of this much loved woodland creature. A film by Terry Abraham for WoodlandsTV Music : mendelssohn: joyous mellow medieval

WoodlandsTV visits the planting of a community Orchard. With thanks to Alan and Gini at Fruit Works Co-operative https://fruitworks.org.uk/

In this video Danny from We Be Kids shows us how to make a simple wooden mallet in the woods in under half an hour! This is a great tool, useful for camping and all sort of woodland activities. Danny shows us how to do it safely so it is safe for children to make with the supervision of an adult.

People have been building dry stone walls for thousands of years and there are an estimated 120,000 miles of dry stone walls in Britain, many of them derelict. Bo Bark decided to give up her office job and train as a ‘waller’ and devote her time to rebuilding her local dry stone walls. This film is about Bo and her life as The Cotswold Waller. A film for WoodlandsTV by Mallimak Media, www.mallimak.co.uk

The final in our six part film and poetry exploration into Trees, this film looks at Sweet Chesnut. Trees speak to each other using networks underground. With poems written by Lalah-Simone Springer, in these films we give trees a voice as they ponder their own existence though a human lens. #sweetchestnut #poetry​​ #woods​ A film for WoodlandsTV by Sava Films