We can't see any Kent burners listed so we thought we would spread the word. If you know of anyone who should be on this list please visit the NCFED website - listing is free.
Showing posts with label national coppice federation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label national coppice federation. Show all posts
Monday, 13 April 2015
Calling Kentish charcoal burners
The good people at the National Coppice Federation have established a new online directory of charcoal burners and suppliers.
We can't see any Kent burners listed so we thought we would spread the word. If you know of anyone who should be on this list please visit the NCFED website - listing is free.
We can't see any Kent burners listed so we thought we would spread the word. If you know of anyone who should be on this list please visit the NCFED website - listing is free.
Wednesday, 1 April 2015
Hazel Coppice - restoration and improvement Seminar
The National Coppice Federation (NCFed) in conjunction with the Forestry Commission (FC) present:
Coppicing has been in decline for much of the past two hundred years. In more recent times, though, there have been attempts to increase the amount of hazel in regular management.
These may have been inspired by a desire to earn a living from the woods, by wildlife conservation imperatives or by various other reasons.
In many cases they have struggled, or even failed, due to the current lack of available information and knowledge of this new discipline.
This Seminar will bring leading restoration practitioners from around the country together with experts in various relevant fields to help establish ‘best-practice’ guidelines.
It will also draw on the depth of experience which will, undoubtedly, be present in the wider audience.
The venue is Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire, where some twenty five acres of hazel coppice have been brought in to various stages of rotation over the past twenty years.
These will provide working examples of both good and bad restoration practice.
Confirmed contributors to date include:
Cost will be £35 for members of NCFed affiliated Groups; £50 for non-members.
Further information can be found on www.ncfed.org or (with booking details) from Brian Williamson at westonbirt.coppice@virginmedia.com
Hazel Coppice - restoration and improvement Seminar
Wednesday and Thursday, May 13th/14th, 2015
at Westonbirt Arboretum (Gloucestershire)
Coppicing has been in decline for much of the past two hundred years. In more recent times, though, there have been attempts to increase the amount of hazel in regular management.
These may have been inspired by a desire to earn a living from the woods, by wildlife conservation imperatives or by various other reasons.
 |
| 10 year old hazel coppice (picture courtesy of Hazel Coppice Products |
This Seminar will bring leading restoration practitioners from around the country together with experts in various relevant fields to help establish ‘best-practice’ guidelines.
It will also draw on the depth of experience which will, undoubtedly, be present in the wider audience.
The venue is Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire, where some twenty five acres of hazel coppice have been brought in to various stages of rotation over the past twenty years.
These will provide working examples of both good and bad restoration practice.
Confirmed contributors to date include:
- Penny Jones (FC), Head of Propagation at Westonbirt Arboretum
- Brian Williamson, lead coppicer at the Arboretum
- Ralph Harmer (FC), co-author ‘The Silviculture and Management of Coppice Woodlands’
- Rebecca Oaks, NCFed Chair and co-author of ‘Coppicing and Coppice Crafts’
- Graham Rimington, The Deer Initiative.
Cost will be £35 for members of NCFed affiliated Groups; £50 for non-members.
Further information can be found on www.ncfed.org or (with booking details) from Brian Williamson at westonbirt.coppice@virginmedia.com
‘A wood that pays is a wood that stays in good heart.’
Monday, 27 January 2014
National Coppice Federation - Issue 2 of newsletter
The second issue of The Cleft Stick, the newsletter of the National Coppice Federation or NCFED, is now available.The newsletter provides an interesting and useful update of topics relating to coppice management.
NCFED was only launched on October last year and it seems like this newsletter is one of the first bits of communication from this newly formed group. The NCFED website is still taking shape and we assume that more information will begin to flow as 2014 progresses.
The newsletter includes a useful round up of events. Of interest to those in the south east are the following:
- Feb 1st (Saturday). Coppice Tool Bring-and-Buy Sale, nr Tunbridge Wells, Kent. See newsletter for more details.
- Feb 25th, 26th and 27th. Three one-day deer management courses at Plumpton College, east Sussex. More info at Plumpton College website.
We have uploaded to the latest issue to help those not currently on the circulation list gain access to it. Click the following link: The Cleft Stick - NCFED Issue 2.
If you would like to be added to the circulation list for The Cleft Stick please email brian.hurdles@virgin.net
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)