Join us for an evening stroll admiring the ancient woodlands of Sneed Park, as part of Bristol WalkFest!🚶

Alongside @boysinbristol photography, we'll explore the parks ancient trees, learn how to identify them and how to best capture them.📸

Sign up: eventbrite.co.uk/e/ancient-tree…

Hedgerows are amazing, and they are even more amazing when connected with other hedgerows! Here are the top reasons why hedgerow connectivity is so important 🌳 #NationalHedgerowWeek #NHW

🌳🌳🌳It's #NationalHedgerowWeek and we’re celebrating the 213km (132 miles) of hedgerows that Community Forests have planted as part of our Defra UK funded #TreesforClimate programme!
englandscommunityforests.org.uk

WE 💚 HEDGEROWS!
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It's #NationalHedgerowWeek and we're celebrating just a few of the #hedgerows we planted through the last #planting season, funded by our #TreesforClimate scheme. 🌱⁠
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Interested in planting hedgerows on your land?🌳 Find out more: forestofavontrust.org/for-trees/tree…

Beautiful #blossoms can be seen coming into bloom across a many of the community #orchards in Bath, Bristol and South Gloucestershire.🌸⁠
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🙋Want to learn more about how to care for #fruit #trees ?

We run weekly community orchard #volunteering events: eventbrite.co.uk/o/forest-of-av…

📢 #Nature is under threat, we need to take action. Have your say on what's being planned in the Mayoral Combined Authority and North Somerset to
help nature fight back!

- MCA bit.ly/4aBCT6N
- North Somerset bit.ly/4auNIr4

Do you own land in the West of England? Want to plant trees? Get up to 100% of tree planting costs covered with our #TreesforClimate grant! Apply now for 2024/25 season.🌳⁠⁠

View the full film here: youtu.be/YjacNhHYj8k?si…

Visit forestofavontrust.org/for-trees/tree… to find out more.

Happy Earth Day! 🌍️💚 ⁠

We've put together a few ideas for celebrating Earth Day this year 🌳
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#earthday 2024 #earthday #trees #woodland #volunteer #conservation #bioblitz #ancienttrees #spring #signsofspring #wellbeing #naturewellbeing

Just one week left to apply! 📢🌳

Join our team as a Woodland Management Officer and help us bring the Forest of Avon Plan to life! 🌟

Check out the full job description and apply here: forestofavontrust.org/the-trust/were…

Apps close on Mon April 22nd at 5pm!⏰

#woodlandmanagement #hiring

Great Avon Wood is our groundbreaking project in partnership with @ForestofAvon, where we are planting an 100 acre woodland, with 35,000 trees supplied by Woodland Trust🌳.

#AvonNeedsTrees #ForestOfAvonTrust #WoodlandTrust #GreatAvonWood #TreePlanting #ClimateActionBristol

It's been a rainy start back in the woods for our Bristol and South Glos Dementia Wellbeing Groups, but we're a hardy bunch and unstoppable when armed with a tarp and a warm waterproof coat!💪🌧️🌳⁠
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#greensocialprescribing #Bristoldementiawellbeingservice @adornocompanions

With increasing environmental challenges, nature is under threat. Use the interactive map to view ‘focus areas’ and local priorities for nature recovery, and leave your comments: bit.ly/3U5vBmp. People living in North Somerset can click here: bit.ly/4auNIr4.

Forest of Avon wants to appoint a Woodland Management Officer. 3 days per week (0.6 FTE), initial one year fixed term contract. Main office base in St Pauls, Bristol, with some homeworking optional c-js.co.uk/3THHYDJ

Job alert! 📢

We're looking for a Woodland Management Officer to join our team, to plan and deliver woodland management projects across the region, to help bring our Forest of Avon Plan to fruition.✨🌲🌳

👉 forestofavontrust.org/the-trust/were…

⏰ Deadline: 5pm on Monday 22nd April.

Thanks to Joe Sims, who officially opened our #Knowle #dementiafriendly allotment yesterday. 🌱

And thanks to all the amazing people who joined us to make the event special. 🤗

Sessions at the allotment start in earnest next Tues - book a place: aliveactivities.org/dementia-frien…

I've spent 6 months wrestling bureaucracy to get 7 trees planted in Winterbourne! Still they will look beautiful for future generations thanks to Forest of Avon

🌳This #InternationalDayofForests we’re celebrating our network of 15 Community Forests
🌲From Devon to Durham, from cities to sea sides, the work of #EnglandsCommunityForests forms the largest environmental regeneration activity in England
Find out more: tinyurl.com/mvf4nbne

🌳 Happy International Day of Forests!

What IS the Forest of Avon?🤔 It's more than just our charity's name! The Forest of Avon covers the region we work in, including Bristol, Bath, NE Somerset, & S Glos.

forestofavontrust.org 🌿 #forestofavon #internationaldayofforests

Soggy scythes at yesterday's Grassland Management training at Wickwar Community Orchard. 🌦️🍎🌳

Want to learn more about orchards and how to look after them? Our popular training days are completely free, with dates available over the coming weeks 👇️

eventbrite.co.uk/o/forest-of-av…

Last week we held a Winter Warmer session for our #dementia #wellbeing group at Lawrence Weston Community Farm💚

We explored Watervole Woodland, spotting budding #trees and created ink pictures using natural brushes from pussy willow, moss and alder catkins!🖌️

Dementia Wellbeing #healthandwellbeing