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

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

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

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Join us for a visit to Thornythwaite Farm and a 'walk and talk' event!

The day will focus on what conditions are needed

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

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