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Our Projects
Tree nursery
We’ve set up a tree nursery by collecting seeds and taking cuttings from trees that we have in the woods. This ensures sustainability and preservation of native species, such as sycamore, larch and oak for generations to come.
We use the high quality soil produced in the woods that nourishes a large range of species, trees shrubs and ground flora.
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We have new growing beds that have multiple species of trees and plants. They grow in the earth from the surrounding environment with moss for ground cover.
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The tree nursery is now coming the life!
We have lines of hawthorn, horse chestnut, scots pine and spruce.
One of the beds is filled with 300 blackthorn trees ready for the sloe harvest.
We also had 1200 Hawthorn saplings in the pond for an emergency soak before planting!
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Wetland Habitat
Nothing grows in the woods without water, to ensure there’s a good supply, Tom has been digging out springs and moving stone and plant life in to large ponds. This is fantastic habitat for frogs and dragonflies.
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The tadpoles are growing up!
Primrose/Duke of Burgundy butterfly
The ecosystem of the woods is a complex network of species. The more diversity of species strengthens the stability of the system. Tom has been propagating primrose as it is beneficial to many species of pollinators, but is specifically the host plant to the threatened species of butterfly the Duke of Burgundy. If you plant it they will come!
The primrose have began to flower, they bring a beautiful zest of yellow to the woods. We look forward to seeing how many visitors they attract!
Bark Stripping
Did you know Tom is a fully qualified beaver?!
In preparation for carving production, stripping the bark is the first step in the process. From the bark, a tannin treatment is created that is used to treat the carvings and prevent fungus forming.
It is also sold to leather companies to tan leather. Nothing is wasted here!
Birch sap harvest
There are a variety of traditional harvests that can be taken from the woods in a sustainable way.
In springtime the Birch sap rises and is full of lots of good nutrients and growth hormones. This can then be harvested and used for a variety of things such as birch sap wine!
This year the sap was used by a local distillery to dilute the gin.
