The Trust has perfected the technique for introducing ground flora to new woodland. there will be a visit to a naturally regenerated woodland., where ground flora was successfully introduced in 2005. A session in the nursery will demonstrate species selection, propogation,plnating, timing and ongoing management. This day will be useful for landscape professionals, parish and town councils and others interested in amenity woodland.
Fee £100 / £75 concessions (see booking form for more details)
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Propagating and planting tree seeds for woodland creation projects Ref E5
Thursday 2 September
Cranfield, Bedfordshire
Facilitator: Colin Carpenter, The Community Tree Trust
Learn from the experiences of the Community Tree Trust, a successful community initiative. Visit a new woodland site created using seed from an adjacent SSSI ancient woodland. This day will explore the benefits of seed collection and planting over natural regeneration and direct seeding. A nursery visit will provide hands-on experience of propagation techniques including seed collection, cleaning and processing, planting out and the later introduction of ground flora. This event will be useful for landscape professionals, those working on community projects, for parish or town councils and other managers of amenity land.
Fee £100 / £75 concessions (see booking form for more details)
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Good Practice in managing ancient trees Ref SE7
Tuesday 5 October
Burnham Beeches, Slough
Facilitator: Ancient Tree Forum, Dr David Lonsdale, City of London
Ancient trees are irreplaceable parts of our living heritage and it is important that we care for existing trees and manage them to ensure they live as long as possible. This day is aimed at owners, site managers and tree workers who may be called in to advise on tree management. Burnham Beeches is at the forefront of ancient tree management and staff have an excellent track record of managing trees, especially ancinet oak and, perhaps the most sensitive of ancient trees, beech. Participants will be introduced to the relationship between tree development, ageing and decay, and will be shown how to relate this to practical tree management. There will be plenty of opportunity to see work, especially retrenchment pruning that has already been successfully carried out on existing trees.
www.woodland-trust.org.uk/ancient-tree-forum
Fee £100 / £75 concessions (see booking form for more details)
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Habitat management for lower plants and fungi
Ref SW5
Tuesday 9 November
Chew Valley, North Somerset
Facilitator: Justin Smith
This course is aimed at trainee botanists, ecologists, environmental consultants and others working in the ecological and environmental sectors. Participants will learn about the diversity of lower plants and fungi, an often neglected group of plants, especially in the management and/or development of ecologically important sites. They will learn how to identify the basic groups of lower plants, including lichens, bryophytes and fungi and learn about why they are important. The day will provide an introduction to undertaking a preliminary assessment of a site for bryophyte, lichen or fungal diversity and discuss methods managing land for these plants.
Fee £100 / £75 concessions (see booking form for more details)
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