Credit: Paul Harris/2020VISION
Severn Treescapes events
The Severn Treescapes team are hosting a variety of free workshops, information events and site demonstration visits From Wye to Wyre, throughout the treescapes project area.
Find out about upcoming events below, or learn more about the Severn Treescapes project here.
Agroforestry and woodland creation events
The Severn Treescapes project has teamed up with various different experts deliver exciting talks and demonstrations about agroforestry. Learn about the different grant types and opportunities available for trees, woodland and agroforestry.
The Fold - 17 July - Worcestershire
Join us to hear talks from:
Will Tooby (owner).
Tom Tame (Warwickshire Walnuts) to talk about his success with silvopastoral systems.
Joe Hope (Cefn Coch farm) to talk about farming with trees and nature in the Welsh uplands.
Harriet Bell – Riverford Organics.
Plus talks from Forestry Commission about the upcoming SFI updates and Severn Treescapes.
Lunch to be provided.
Hartpury University - 29 August - Gloucestershire
Join us to hear talks from:
Joe Hope (Cefn Coch farm) to talk about farming with trees and nature in the Welsh uplands.
Tom Tame (Warwickshire Walnuts) to talk about his success with silvopastoral systems.
Andy Dibben (Abbey Home Farm) to talk about water and nutrient management, pollination and IPM in his silvohorticulture alley-cropping system.
Ben Raskin (Soil Association).
Sara Noons (Glos CC).
Stuart Searle (Hartpury).
Plus talks from Forestry Commission about the upcoming SFI updates and Severn Treescapes.
Lunch to be provided.
Orchards through the seasons
The Severn Treescapes project has teamed up with the Wye Valley National Landscape to run a series of workshops to increase confidence among landowners to plant and look after traditional orchards and fruit trees.
More events to be added soon
Grafting, surveying and recording, and produce (juicing/cider/perry and preserves) coming soon!
Future workshops
Future workshops will cover grafting, surveying and recording, and produce (juicing/cider/perry and preserves).
All workshops will be rerun next season.
Previous events
Severn Treescapes Webinar: The benefits of trees to farming webinar in conjunction with CLA Midlands, the Forestry Commission, NFU, Soil Association and Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. Watch the recording here:
Our first orchard workshop with Martin Hayes was held at Huntly Village Hall on 18th January 2024, and the participants were able to practice planting on private land in Birdwood. This workshop is part of our Severn Treescapes: Orchards Through the Seasons project funded by Farming in Protected Landscapes grant, with thanks to Wye Valley National Landscape.
