We've chosen to make ours a woodland farm where trees are planted to grow into woodland, which benefits nature and the landscape for decades before some of it is carefully managed to provide income.

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The farm used to be for grazing livestock but this creates a species poor environment as well as being a lot of uneconomical work!

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With woodland most of the hard work is at planting and for the early years of maintenance.  Then you get to a point where you just have to sit back and watch for many years.

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We grow broadleaf woodland which is rich with wildlife diversity and we have a wide species range - unlike monoculture woodlands which can be a bit sterile.

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The woodland model fits very well with our caravan guests for walks and leisure.  Our old neglected woodlands have undergone a regeneration scheme where dying Ash and mature Douglas Fir have been removed to make way for a more diverse broadleaf woodland and new woodland has been added.

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Some species are intended for harvest as Lumber but in many decades to come so there is a lifetime of natural habitat to enjoy first.  Even when the time comes to harvest, th e woods will not be clear-felled because of the diversity of planting.  There will always be woodland to enjoy