Crafty Green Poet

                      ancient beech tree, photo by Nick Turner, for Woodland Trust, used with permission The Woodland Trust 's State of ...

   With an introduction that outlines the history and ecology of woodland in the British Isles, this book is a collection of thirty-two wood...

This year for International Day of Forests the theme is Urban Forests and Sustainable Cities . The urban forest includes all the trees in...

Crafty Green Boyfriend and I travelled down to Grantham in Lincolnshire on Friday to attend the Woodland Trust Volunteer of the Year Awards...

Subtitled 'The Tangled Roots of Our Forests and Fairytales' this is a mix of reports of walks in forests and woodlands around th...

Trees are wonderful, they are beautiful to look at and they offer homes to wildlife and shade on a hot day like today. European Tree of th...

Yesterday I took part in a very interesting Woodland Trust Volunteers Gathering at the Water of Leith Conservation Trust Visitor Centre. ...

  woodland in Craiglockart Dell, by Water of Leith   I love walking in the woods and I am very aware of how important trees are! They ...

I'm currently leading a series of walks along the Water of Leith, telling people about the natural history and the industrial history of...

As many readers of this blog will know, I regularly volunteer with the Water of Leith Conservation Trust to help look after Colinton Dell...

The Cubbington Pear Tree in Warwickshire is believed to be over 250 years old, one of the oldest and largest wild pear trees in the UK. Thi...

As many readers of this blog know, I regularly volunteer with the Water of Leith Conservation Trust. Colinton Dell, the area which I help t...

I was delighted to win this leaf identification swatch book in a recent Woodland Trust online tree identification quiz. It is a beauti...

Anyone who reads this blog, will be aware that I love woodlands and forests.  I was very concerned when the UK Government decided in 2010 ...

Wood of Cree, Dumfries and Galloway  As you will have noticed, particularly from my recent posts about our holiday in Dumfries and Gal...

Last year when we visited Dumfries and Galloway, our only really good weather occured on our trip to the beautiful Wood of Cree RSPB reser...