Easter Woodland Development Weekend ~ 18 - 21 March 2025 | |
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During the Easter weekend, we were joined by several volunteers who helped us with some woodland management work and in preparing the workshop area for the forthcoming season of green woodworking courses. The tasks undertaken included:
Bramble clearing and tree-pruning in the young plantation areas. Construction of a dead hedge. Floor renovation in the utility shelter using wood chippings. Construction of two new benches for the utility shelter Replacing the old board-walk with a wider one constructed from Sallerton Wood and Kelly House Oak. A big thank-you from the Sallerton Wood Team to all of you who helped during this week. | |
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Bere Alston Rainbows and Brownies Forest School visit ~ 16 April 2025 | |
| Bere Alston Rainbows and Brownies had a fantastic forest school session at Sallerton Wood to finish their Spring Term. ❤💛 The girls enjoyed tree climbing, rope swings, mark making, an Easter egg hunt, making natural egg nests and even the Leaders enjoyed the rope swings too! 🤩 A lovely Spring evening spent in nature and making memories. 💚 | |
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Volunteer Conservation Day ~ 14 February 2025 | |
| Huge thanks to Mike and Phil today for braving the wintry weather. Lots of brambles cleared around the young chestnuts using slashers and sickles and then they coppiced some right down to the base in the hope they will regrow, following naughty squirrel 🐿️ damage last year. When a squirrel takes the bark off all the way around the tree (called ring-barking), it dies. The squirrels took a liking to our young wych elms and chestnuts and many have sadly died as a result. They may just grow back after coppicing. Definitely worth a try. | |
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| Path up through the woods. | Squirrel damage in the Chestnut plantation. |
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| Working in the Chestnut plantation. | |
February 2025 | |
 Tom (Andy & Jane's son) making his first item of greenwood furniture. | |
 Tom's completed stool, made from Sallerton Wood green Hazel. | |
 A new firewood saw-horse and the beginnings of a new logstack. | |