Organisation: Woodland Trust

Strong Roots
Report from the Strong Roots project which investigated key challenges facing domestic tree production, across all types, from amenity and retail to fruit, nut, and forestry.
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Agroforestry Takes Centre Stage in Conversations Surrounding the Future of Farming
Janie Caldbeck and Alice Farmery provide an overview of the second Agroforestry Show in which they share their personal reflections and observations.
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Alley planting, Shelterbelts and In-field Trees
Three leaflets from the Woodland Trust aimed at livestock farmers wanting to make the most of trees on the farm.
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Future Proofing Dairy Farms Through Landscape Design
This Groundswell 2024 session explored the role and challenges of incorporating trees into dairy farming systems.
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Weatherproof Farming Part 2. Implementation: Towards Subsidy-Free Farming
Increase resilience to extreme weather, increase profits and maintain yields. A collaboration between NFFN Cymru and The Woodland Trust.
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Potential Role of Trees on a Dartmoor Farm
Come along to Hall Farm in Harford for this Woodland Trust event and learn how trees can be incorporated into Dartmoor farms
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Wakelyns Agroforestry: Resilience through diversity
A revised new edition of this publication explaining the on-farm research carried out at the innovative and pioneering Wakelyns.
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Don’t miss the UK’s first Agroforestry Show – it’ll be TREEmendous!
Don’t miss the TREEmendous occasion that is the UK’s first agroforestry show on 6-7th September in Wiltshire.
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Stuart Holm
Stuart Holm is an Outreach Manager with the Woodland Trust, working with farmers and landowners to encourage tree planting.
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Helen Chesshire
I am the Woodland Trust’s Lead Farming Advocate helping to raise the profile and uptake of agroforestry.
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Trees on hen ranges are a haven for wildlife
Can planting trees on your hen range boost biodiversity as well as benefit your business?
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Tree: crop interactions in UK alley cropping agroforestry systems: impacts on crop yield and total productivity
Report on studies carried out within an organic silvoarable alley cropping system in the UK (Wakelyns Agroforestry in Suffolk) where researchers have investigated the impact of trees on crops in adjacent alleys.
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A National Network of Agroforestry Farms
This ‘Farming the Future’ A Team Foundation – funded project aimed to promote agroforestry as a way of farmers and landowners simultaneously and sustainably growing food, transitioning into the new ELM Scheme and contributing to ‘public goods.’
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The Agroforestry ELM Test project: Transforming the English agricultural landscape with trees
Senior ORC Researcher Colin Tosh introduces a research project designed to investigate barriers to the uptake of agroforestry by farmers.
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Tree leaves as supplementary feed for ruminant livestock
This briefing examines the role of silvopastoral agroforestry in providing livestock with nutrients via tree browse, alongside the many other benefits of trees.
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Elm Farm: Planning and developing agroforestry at a farm scale
Research briefing outlines the planning, establishment and management of different agroforestry approaches as experienced at Elm Farm, an organic livestock farm in Berkshire.
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Future of Land Management: webinar series
Jessica Brooks from the GWCT introduces a webinar series aiming to explain and join up the new thinking in the land management sector and present new, innovative ideas.
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The Agroforestry Handbook
Assess the potential business benefits of agroforestry for your farm or client and understand the possible benefits to the wider environment with this invaluable handbook.
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Could farming with trees help to control pests and boost pollinators?
Tom Staton discusses the initial indicators that farming with trees could help to boost pollinators and help to control pests
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Examining the impacts of integrating trees into arable fields on pest control and pollination
Design and manage agroforestry in arable systems so that the biodiversity benefits are maximised and problems are reduced.
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Agricology Discussions @ Groundswell!
A summary of the discussions to be held in the Agricology Discussion Tent at Groundswell 2019
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Enterprise Stacking & Agroforestry; Chickens, Orchards, Biomass & Market Gardens
In this short vlog Tim Field discusses using a Woodland Trust grant to plant 800 trees on a field which currently comprises of established chicken ranges.
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Shelterbelts can protect soil against erosion
A Woodland Trust case study highlighting how trees and shrubs can be vital for arable farms, helping to protect topsoil against erosion from wind and rain.
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Managing your on-farm woodland
Stuart Holm from the Woodland Trust provides practical management advice for the woodland trees on your farm.
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