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A RIOT OF COLOUR
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The National Forest is predicting a riot of colour across the landscape this summer with wildflowers bursting into bloom from June onwards. |
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SENCE VALLEY
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Visitors to Sence Valley Forest Park in The National Forest are now able to identify the abundant wildlife in the park thanks to new innovative information points just installed. |
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myhab
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myhab are supporting the RSA by giving their customers the opportunity to contribute a proportion of their booking to planting a tree. |
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DISCOVER A FOREST IN THE MAKING AT BEACON HILL COUNTRY PARK
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Visitors to Beacon Hill Country Park can wander through new woodlands planted as part of The National Forest and learn more about this Forest in the Making. |
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NATIONAL AWARD FOR THE NATIONAL FOREST COMPANY
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An inaugural award for best practice in sustainable development was presented to the National Forest Company and some of its key partners in London last week (March 6). |
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ROLLING OUT THE BLUE CARPET
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The annual display of spectacular blues will be rolling out during April and May to carpet the Forest floor with a mass of bluebells. |
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WITNESS A GROWING FOREST AT SNIBSTON
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Visitors to Snibston can not only discover the huge variety of attractions, woodlands and events in the area, but also witness the growing Forest through a short animated movie at its new information stop. |
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Forest of Avon Quarterly Review October- December
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2007 The Forest of Avon Partnership is about broad- based action to create a quality environment for a million people in the West of England. The Forest of Avon is about much more than trees. It is providing a positive local response to climate change and is helping to ensure that new growth is well planned and sustainable. It is about working with people where they live, helping them to keep active, develop skills, gain understanding and most of all, enjoy making a difference. |
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ROYAL SEAL OF APPROVAL FOR NEW NATIONAL FOREST SCULPTURE
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HRH The Earl of Wessex was one of the first visitors to pass through the new iconic entrance way that has been installed at popular Rosliston Forestry Centre in South Derbyshire. The installation is part of the National Forest’s Visitor Infrastructure Project, funded by East Midlands Tourism (EMT). |
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Trees for Cities December Update
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Get involved in the planting seasonWe’re nearly half way through the planting season and our landscaping team have been busily clearing, digging and planting at our projects across London and beyond. We’re excited to announce that we’ll be involved in five planting projects in Leeds in 2008, with plenty in the pipeline for Reading, Manchester and Bristol too. Our tree planting efforts in Nairobi, Addis Ababa and the recent earthquake-affected Ica region of Peru are also going from strength to strength. |
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A FINAL BURST OF COLOUR PAINTS THE LANDSCAPE
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The National Forest is exploding into colour with a final dazzling display of vivid reds and golds with nature’s autumn finale before the bleak winter months. |
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TREES FOR CITIES QUARTERLY UPDATE
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As summer draws to a close we’re reflecting on some of the charity’s highlights from the last few months and looking forward to what’s in store for a busy planting season this Autumn. |
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CHANGING WEATHER AFFECTING FRUITS AND FUNGI
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The weather has made a huge impact across the country in terms of floods, but it is also affecting the fruits and fungi in The National Forest. |
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ASHBY TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE
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Ashby de la Zouch Tourist Information Centre (TIC) has undergone a major makeover and was officially launched as a ‘gateway’ to The National Forest yesterday. |
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NATIONAL FOREST SPECIAL DEALS FOR GROUPS
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With a pocketful of special offers, groups will have even more reason to visit The National Forest & Beyond after the Group Leisure & Travel Show at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham from 20 to 21 September. |
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TWYCROSS ZOO
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Both visitors and wildlife alike are being encouraged to travel between Twycross Zoo and The National Forest. Twycross Zoo lies just south of The National Forest but it is a gateway to this emerging Forest with animals, birds and other wildlife moving around the countryside between the habitats created by the zoo and the Forest. |
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Fun & Frolics at Tree-Athlon after party! - 15th September 2007
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You may have seen the Tree-Athlon posters on the tube and the adverts in Metro newspaper. Places are filling up rapidly - we urge you to register now! |
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DISCOVER A FOREST IN THE MAKING
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Visitors to Conkers Discovery Centre at the Heart of The National Forest can find out more about The National Forest while having their picnics or sitting by the lakes. |
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Join our Corporate Challenge at the 2007 London Tree-Athlon
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The London Tree-Athlon is to be held in Battersea Park on Saturday 15 September and I'd like to invite you to put your green foot forward and enter a team representing your company. The Tree-Athlon is a unique three-part event raising much needed funds for urban tree planting. |
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Trees for Cities Something for a Rainy Day
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Over 1500 local people turned out to enjoy the park with it’s new wildflower meadow and renovated pond. In addition, our new black-tie event, La Verde Vita went down a storm at Inner Temple on 13th June where our celebrity auction raised over £19,500 for Trees for Cities. |
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Forest of Avon Quarterly Review
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QUARTERLY REVIEW: OCTOBER- DECEMBER 2006 The Forest of Avon is one of England’s twelve Community Forests, a National Programme that has seen the investment of £175 million in the countryside around the country’s principal towns and cities. |
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Trees for Cities
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Trees for Cities mark the end of another successful planting season, which has seen a record number of volunteers and community participants braving the wet and windy weather to help us green our cities. |
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FUN WAYS TO SPEND SUMMER DAYS
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Families searching for new ideas on where to take the children during the long summer break should head to The National Forest at the heart of the English Midlands. With more attractions opening all the time, this ‘forest in the making’ is bursting with things to see and do, ensuring young ones and their older companions alike are kept entertained - whatever the summer weather brings! |
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Moor Trees
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After a successful completion of 5 hectares of planting – mostly at Court Gate Orchard Farm (CGO) on Southern Dartmoor (www.moortrees.org/harbourneford.html), we already have at least this size of area confirmed again for next winter! |
