Woodlands TV has produced a film entitled “The Wonder of woodland fungus”. In this informative film by Siddarth Shetty, Professor Mahesh Nirmalan, of Manchester Royal Infirmary, and Professor Niroshini Nirmalan, of the University of Salford, talk about the wonders of woodland fungi, their benefits and what we can do to protect them. Fungi are neither […]
High up in the Chilterns stands Mistletoe Wood, a semi natural ancient woodland. It is comprised of beech and oak with a smattering of other native species. My brother and I have been custodians of these four acres for nearly three years. Today, it has a large open glade we use for social forestry. It […]
There are eleven thousand trees in Kew Gardens. Each year, a few trees are lost due to natural causes, old age, disease etc. In 2002, a drought resulted in the loss of some 400 trees. Such a prolonged dry spell is likely to occur again and again as global temperatures rise, and climate change […]