{"id":12441,"date":"2012-03-05T15:23:05","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T22:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12441"},"modified":"2012-05-07T01:24:47","modified_gmt":"2012-05-07T08:24:47","slug":"gardeners-and-the-woodland-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/gardeners-and-the-woodland-trust\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardeners and the Woodland Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jrparis\/35354606\/\" title=\"In the woods by JR_Paris, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/30\/35354606_97e2f5c718.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" alt=\"In the woods\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Woods and trees are vital some would say with hyperbole, essential to life. &#8216;They have a myriad of different benefits for both wildlife and people. They stabilise the soil, generate oxygen, store carbon, play host to a spectacular variety of wildlife, provide us with raw materials and shelter, inspire our imaginations and our creativity.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h2>UK Woodland Facts<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Since 1930 almost 50% of the UK&#8217;s ancient woodland has been damaged or destroyed.<\/li>\n<li>85% of remaining woodland has no protection from further exploitation.<\/li>\n<li>The Woodland Trust cares for over 1000 woods that are freely open to the public. They have had to fight 310 legal cases over the last 10 years.<\/li>\n<li>The UK is the least wooded country in Europe with only 12% woodland. This is despite the woodland trust planting 13 million trees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Free Trees <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Woodland Trust has a range of free tree packs available to schools, youth groups and communities.<\/li>\n<li>Plant your tree for the Jubilee and bring your community together to plant free trees from the Woodland Trust. A chance to grow your own food, create new homes for wildlife and bring beautiful autumn colour to your local area.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.woodlandtrust.org.uk\/en\/moretrees-moregood\/advice-centre\/Pages\/packs-of-trees.aspx\"><strong>Apply now<\/strong> <\/a>for the chance to receive a free pack to plant in November 2012 as part of our <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jubileewoods.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jubilee Woods project<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodlandtrust.org.uk\/en\/Pages\/default.aspx#.T0NpdXlBqSo\">The Woodland Trust<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Main Woods Owned or Protected by the Trust<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Blackbush and Twenty Acre Shaw wood.<\/li>\n<li>Denge Wood and Dering Wood- Kent<\/li>\n<li>Dolebury Warren &#8211; North Somerset<\/li>\n<li>Folke Wood &#8211; Dorset<\/li>\n<li>Heartwood Forest &#8211; Hertfordshire<\/li>\n<li>Joyden&#8217;s Wood &#8211; Kent<\/li>\n<li>Oxmoor Copse &#8211; Surrey<\/li>\n<li>Paradise Wood &#8211; Oxfordshire<\/li>\n<li>Skipton Woods &#8211; North Yorkshire<\/li>\n<li>Staffhurst Wood &#8211; Surrey<\/li>\n<li>Uffmoor Wood &#8211; Worcestershire<\/li>\n<li>Wychwood &#8211; Oxfordshire<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/trees-and-shrubs\/beech-tree-root-and-branch-review\/&#038;sa=U&#038;ei=y3BDT6rvMcPR8gOP0LWeCA&#038;ved=0CAYQFjAB&#038;client=internal-uds-cse&#038;usg=AFQjCNEIeME26TcB10CBLNQgyvQYGGC1Ww\">Lake Wood<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Glen Finglas Estate &#8211; the Trossachs<\/li>\n<li>Brede High wood near Battle Sussex<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/oak-wood.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"oak wood\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12537\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Credits<\/p>\n<p>In the woods by JR_Paris CC BY-NC-ND 2.0<br \/>\nVincent Wood by the.approximate.photographer CC BY-NC-ND 2.0<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/the_approximate_photographer\/5628532782\/\" title=\"Vincent Wood by the.approximate.photographer, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5302\/5628532782_cbf8f26b5d.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"306\" alt=\"Vincent Wood\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0711229570\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0711229570.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>A Walk in the Woods: Exploring Britain&#8217;s Greatest Woodland<\/strong> <a href=\" http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0711229570\/richardpettin-21\">by Archie Miles <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woods and trees are vital some would say with hyperbole, essential to life. &#8216;They have a myriad of different benefits for both wildlife and people. They stabilise the soil, generate oxygen, store carbon, play host to a spectacular variety of wildlife, provide us with raw materials and shelter, inspire our imaginations and our creativity.&#8217; UK Woodland Facts Since 1930 almost 50% of the UK&#8217;s ancient woodland has been damaged or destroyed. 85% of remaining woodland has no protection from further&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/gardeners-and-the-woodland-trust\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}