Ghost Wood Webinar Recordings 20 May 2025 Recently, we hosted a Ghost/Shadow woods webinar with presentations from Ian Rotherham and Jay Doyle. The recordings of these presentations are now available here! 'In search of Shadows & Ghosts of… Read more
World Rainforest Day At Rheged 19 May 2025 Join us to celebrate Cumbria’s temperate rainforest on Sunday 22nd June at Rheged (Penrith) Plantlife and Cumbria Woodlands are hosting a full day of activities for you to explore, learn and wonder… Read more
Farming Equipment and Technology Fund to Re-Open 8 May 2025 The Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) opens for applications on 29th May. FETF provides grants for machinery, equipment and technology items to help cut costs and boost efficiency on your… Read more
Case Study - Lady Beck Woodland 28 April 2025 Written by Kelvin Archer (Forestry and Conservation Manager, Lowther estate) The Lowther Estate (Lowther Farming Partnership) is undertaking an ambitious landscape-scale afforestation and habitat… Read more
Help Create New Rainforest (Shelter Removal Day) 25 April 2025 Join People Plant Trees for a day of volunteering and learning about the temperate rainforests of Cumbria 24th & 25th May 2025 Coledale Valley, near Braithwaite, Cumbria 10:00–15:00 Free to join… Read more
Scratchmill Scar: A case Study in Resilient Forestry 22 April 2025 Introduction Scratchmill Scar is a typical 1960s upland conifer plantation. Established on a sandstone hillside with typical lowland heath characteristics, the site is dominated by even aged conifer… Read more
Habitat Management for Temperate Rainforest Species 4 April 2025 ---CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS--- We will reschedule for another date. --- Join us for a visit to Thornythwaite Farm and a 'walk and talk' event! The day will focus on what conditions are needed… Read more
Forestry Mentoring Opportunity 3 April 2025 Cumbria Woodlands is excited to announce the opportunity for one mentoring/shadowing position with our team, working on the #Species – Rainforest Restoration Project, based in Cumbria. The position is… Read more
Grown In Britain Spring Webinar Recordings 3 April 2025 Cumbria Woodlands and Grown in Britain presented two webinars in March 2025, which you can now watch on our YouTube channel. The first is - Making Woodland Work Chaired by Dougal Driver, CEO of… Read more
Restoring Temperate Rainforest - Lessons from around the UK 31 March 2025 Recently, we hosted a webinar looking at Rainforest Restoration from projects across the UK. We have now edited the presentation recordings down into the four separate speakers and these can now be… Read more
A Growing Investment (Case Study) 26 March 2025 A Growing Investment: Evaluating the Economics of Funding Woodland Creation at Low Fell through the England Woodland Creation Offer Background Low Fell is a 64-hectare (158-acre) site of upland… Read more
Event- Restoring the Temperate Rainforest at Wild Ennerdale 12 March 2025 Exploring Temperate Rainforests in Wild Ennerdale We’re excited to announce an upcoming training opportunity led by Gareth Browing (Forestry England) and Angus Walsh (Cumbria Woodlands), focusing on… Read more