Our woodland

[bluemerlin]

Take 1 14 acre field, a bunch of volunteers, ~8000 trees and two years of hard work

 

What do you get.....

 

Jubilee Wood, our new scout campsite in Wiltshire.

 

[Two Acres]

Looks great

 

I'm not sure if I'm reading your post correctly, is that 14 acres?

 

What species did you plant?

[bluemerlin]

Looks great

 

I'm not sure if I'm reading your post correctly, is that 14 acres?

 

What species did you plant?

Yes a 14 acre field. Just checked here Area Calculator Using Maps

 

It was ancient woodland till the 60's. Spoke to the woodland trust and foresty commision for guidance predominantly Oak and Hornbeam. it was going to be Oak and Ash but dieback arrived just as we were about to order.

 

I'll dig out the exact numbers. But all native species apart from 3 pines.

[Two Acres]

Yes a 14 acre field. Just checked here Area Calculator Using Maps

 

It was ancient woodland till the 60's. Spoke to the woodland trust and foresty commision for guidance predominantly Oak and Hornbeam. it was going to be Oak and Ash but dieback arrived just as we were about to order.

 

I'll dig out the exact numbers. But all native species apart from 3 pines.

 

Thats interesting,

 

I have five neglected acres of woodland that I'm currently planning on restoring. Did you find the Woodland trust and FC helpful? Any grants available?

 

At least the ash dieback didn't arrive just after you ordered

 

The proportion of species would be of interest, cheers

[AHPP]

Great stuff.

[Parker]

Hi Bluemerlin, well done on getting the area planted up and creating a new scout camp site. I'm an explorer leader and would potentially be interested in using it if you could post more details about the campsite.

[bluemerlin]

It wasn't hornbeam as the other main species it was hazel but we did swap out the ash.

 

Yes there were grants available. We found them pretty helpful but I'm not sure how much is usual and how much is because we are Scouts.

 

Winter/Spring 2012/13 Pendunculate Oak 1600

Hazel 1200

Hornbeam 450

Silver Birch 425

Wild Cherry 425

Rowan 225

Crab Apple 225

Hawthorn 625

Dogwood 250

Spindle 275

Guelder Rose 275

Sessile Oak 150

Dog Rose 100

Willow & Osier 50

` Walnut 25

Beech 10

Fruit Trees 8

Scots Pine 3 Total 6200

 

Winter 2013

Oak 80

Rowan 100

Silver Birch 100

Field Maple 80

Willow 60

 

Hazel 50

Hazel 50

 

Downy birch 120

goat willow 105

osier 90

hawthorn 60

rowan 30

hazel 15

 

Spring 2014 Oak 200

Hawthorn 30

Rowan 90

Blackthorn 75

Silver Birch 75

` Hazel 60

Oak 60 Total 1470

[AHPP]

I love Scouting and I love woods. This is fantastic. Have you got a blog (or is this thread it)?

[Two Acres]

Good diverse mix of species, but why only three Scots Pine? Its a native British tree.

[bluemerlin]

Hi Bluemerlin, well done on getting the area planted up and creating a new scout camp site. I'm an explorer leader and would potentially be interested in using it if you could post more details about the campsite.

 

I'm an explorer leader too, send me a PM and I'll get everything together.

 

I love Scouting and I love woods. This is fantastic. Have you got a blog (or is this thread it)?

 

This is it. I'm not particularly wordy more of the practical type. Hence why I've only just posted now. Been a lurking guest for a while.

 

 

Good diverse mix of species, but why only three Scots Pine? Its a native British tree.

 

We have woodland on either side so tried to keep to what was here before. The Scots Pine are planted near the pond and are to encourage raptor nesting.

 

As we are close to the Salisbury plain one of the things that is available on google earth is aerial photography from the war. Here is the 'field' in 1945.