by Red Squirrel | Jul 22, 2026 | News, Woodland
Welcome to the woodland equivalent of a desk job! Woodland work is generally pretty active, so now and then, there’s a lot to be said for a job you can do without leaving your seat. This week Rod & Helen took the tractor out along the shared track through...
by Red Squirrel | Jul 14, 2026 | News, Uncategorized, Volunteering, Woodland
If you’ve ever tried to explain to a fellow volunteer exactly where that patch of flag iris was, or which corner of the wood the water beetles have colonised, you’ll know the problem: Howes Wood doesn’t come with street names. Or rather, it...
by Red Squirrel | Jul 7, 2026 | News, Woodland
We’re delighted to share that the wildlife hide at Howes Wood is finally standing tall! After weeks of sawing, notching, and no small amount of log-wrangling, our volunteers have pieced together a sturdy timber frame with slatted sides and a handsome rounded-log...
by Red Squirrel | Jun 11, 2026 | News, Volunteering, Woodland
There’s been plenty of activity at the woodland recently, with our wonderful volunteers hard at work and the woodland itself responding beautifully to all the care it’s been given. Here’s a round-up of the latest progress. A roof goes on the hide...
by Red Squirrel | Apr 22, 2026 | News, Volunteering, Woodland
Big news from our woodland site The Western Red Cedar trees that Landscape Therapy harvested last year have now been fully extracted. Watching those timber loads roll out was a genuine milestone because once the wood is gone, we can finally get on with completing the...
by Red Squirrel | Apr 22, 2026 | News, Uncategorized, Volunteering, Woodland
This is the story of a master carver, a Western red cedar, and sixty years of woodland history Some stories take decades to complete. This is one of them. It begins in the 1960s with a young man helping to plant saplings on land where ancient woodland had been...
