This is exactly the type of planting we are doing in our wood here at Heydon Hill, and have been promoting and advising our clients to do for quite a few years now.
When we bought Heydon Hill Wood in 2010 it was 15 acres of poorly managed, 50 years old sitka spruce. Since then we have lost a fair amount of the sitka through wind damage, and/ or clear felling areas for timber.
However we have been continually under planting with other species, and along with natural regeneration of silver birch, rowan and larch among other species are creating a diverse and more resilient mixed woodland.
We hear more birds, have Red Kites soaring above us, seasonal colour, new types of fungi and creating a healthier woodland and more effective carbon capture.
Heydon Hill Tree Nursery 