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
Event - Growing a new Temperate Rainforest 12 March 2025 Creating Rainforest at Low Fell Join us for an insightful training day led by Angus Walsh, Cumbria Woodlands’ Rainforest Lead, and Sally Phillips, Founder of Buy Land Plant Trees CIC. Over the past… Read more
Restoring Temperate Rainforest - Lessons from around the UK 6 March 2025 WEBINAR- Restoring Temperate Rainforest - Lessons from around the UK Join us on the 17th March for a webinar looking into topics including; threats to temperate rainforest actions to secure… Read more
UK Forestry Standard Webinar 27 February 2025 To celebrate the release of our new UK Forestry Standard support, join us in our upcoming webinar on Tuesday 25th March at 7pm. This webinar is an opportunity for a Q&A with the creators of the UK… Read more
Grown In Britain Spring Webinars 27 February 2025 Join Cumbria Woodlands and Grown in Britain for two essential Spring webinars: Making Woodland Work and Demystifying Woodland Grants and Regulation 2025. Making Woodland Work The first of our two… Read more
2000 trees planted in Coledale 27 February 2025 As part of our Cumbrian Rainforest Project, we joined up with People Plant Trees to help establish new rainforest in Coledale. Over the weekend of 15th and 16th February 2025, volunteers gathered in… Read more
Suicide Prevention Conference 2025 28 January 2025 Join Every Life Matters at Rheged for a day of inspirational speakers and workshops aimed at giving participants practical skills, knowledge and resources to help join in the fight to prevent suicide.… Read more
Tree Marking - Transformation to Continuous Cover Forestry (March Course) 20 January 2025 This 3 day course is run by Ted Wilson and focuses on early-stage transformation of conifer plantations to continuous cover forestry. It is designed to provide an introduction to the theory of CCF… Read more
Rainforest Tree Planting Days 16 January 2025 15th and 16th February Located between the Borrowdale National Nature Reserve and the Skiddaw Forest, the Coledale Valley is a perfect location to plant some rainforest. Cumbria Woodlands have… Read more
Case Study- Extraction of biomass product from plantations in Whinfell Forest 15 January 2025 Introduction The Earl of Lonsdale’s Estates in partnership with The Lowther Estate Trust is the owner of the 400 ha Whinfell Forest which is located approximately five miles to the east of Penrith. … Read more
DEFRA Capital Grants Update 29 November 2024 by Neville Elstone (Director) Santa has promised EWCO tree planting grants and his DEFRA Elves are working on the woodland management ones... I know I’m biased but we do need more trees in the… Read more
Watch our Ecological Site Classification Webinar 26 November 2024 Lochlan Dulson (Cumbria Woodlands) and Dr Jens Haufe (Tree Story) discuss Ecological Site Classification and Forest Development Types. This webinar is aimed at practising forestry professionals as a… Read more