https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/08/germany-forests-bark-beetle-spruce-co2-carbon-sink-monoculture-aoe?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other 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. SinceContinue reading “Germany’s dying forests are losing their ability to absorb CO2. Can a new way of planting save them?”
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Nearly half of English neighbourhoods ‘have less than 10% tree cover’
Conifers and Spring
I was walking through a mixed woodland this afternoon, and noticed how the conifers were all responding, in their own ways to the coming spring, and much sooner than the decidiuos trees around them. The larch buds look like clusters of small flowers, the sitka looks silver and insect like, the scots pine a lovelyContinue reading “Conifers and Spring”
Why are hedgerows so important?
by The Soil Association Wanted to share this post as it says it all. An amazing 130 species of wildlife live and thrive in hedgerows. Harvest mice, hedgehogs, foraging bats and roosting birds are among the creatures that benefit from food and shelter created by hedges. Plus, the flowers and berries that fill these wonderfulContinue reading “Why are hedgerows so important?”
Where are all the trees coming from? It is a busy time for the tree nursery as planting season continues, and demand is high this year. It is fantastic that there is such an eagerness for tree planting, but no one ever asks the question “where are all these millions of trees coming from?”. MostContinue reading
Autumn Gold
Bracken’s bronze and gold fronds are everywhere in the woods right now. Seen as an invasive species nowadays. bracken used to have many uses, culinary, medicinal and practical, all over the globe. The new fronds, called fiddlesticks, are eaten pickled, cooked or raw still in many parts of the world. The rhizomes can be groundContinue reading “Autumn Gold”
From little acorns
Red oak seedlings. Acorns planted in March in our nursey. Red oak. Planted circa 1721 in Ford Abbey.
Pixies, Elves and Tree Magic
We had our first children’s party hosted by Heydon Hill Wood in September. What a gas. The theme was pixies, elves and woodland creatures, and story teller extrodinaire Micheal Loader entertained. After making their own fantastical creations from sticks, moss ferns and all things foresty the children were led on an enchanted journey by Micheal,Continue reading “Pixies, Elves and Tree Magic”
Heydon Hill Tree Nursery 