Welcome to the Lancaster District Forest Friends project

The Forest Friends Project is taking a bit of a break currently, we are no longer working in Carnforth Cemetery Wood, Higher Heysham Wood, Levens Drive Woods in Morecambe or Newton Beck Woods in Lancaster
However, we hope to re-start the project in September, in the area around Lancaster castle. So please join our email mailing list and we will update you in the Summer.

Have you found our Facebook site yet?

Over the summer we worked improving the footpaths, picking litter, repairing gates and fences, and keeping undergrowth trimmed back.We also organised extra community events. including Woodland Skills, and Art & Craft sessions. Our session leaders also led walks exploring the woodland ecology, identifying trees, plants, insects and fungi.

Our on-line calendar has full details here

Over the winter months, when trees are dormant and birds aren't nesting, we will be coppicing and hedge-laying. Coppicing is the process of cutting down multi-stem trees, and single stem trees to develop as multi-stem ones. New stems grow from the stump, and the cutting can be repeated every 5-20 years almost indefinitely. Willow, sweet chestnut ash, hazel and oak are often managed as rotation coppice.

If you are interested in other volunteer work in parks, cemeteries or woodlands in the Lancaster District, you could contact one of the many 'Friends of' Groups (see Lancaster Green Spaces' links page for details). They are sure to welcome new volunteers.

We are pleased to acknowledge support for the project from: