Tom Burns who is the Ranger/Woodsman of the Knepp Estate hosted a two-day course entitled Knepp ‘Ancients for Arbs’ course in May this year, run by Jon Hartill. The venue was exceptional and it was a great opportunity to explore the Knepp Estate during my time there too. […]
Category: Veteran and Ancient trees
Trees over time
It was a great privilege to have an article relating to tree architecture and veteran trees published in the Winter 2023 Institute of Chartered Foresters Trees Magazine following my success and achievement of passing the Veteran Tree Consulting Examination in October 2023. […]
Ashton Court Veteran trees
A phenomenal day out with the Ancient Tree Forum for their National Field Meeting at Ashton Court Estate, in Bristol in April this year. It was a great opportunity to review previous outcomes of veteran tree management with Neville Fay as well as with a whole host of Veteran tree enthusiasts, Ecologists and Arboriculturists. Thank […]
Veteran Tree Specialist Consulting Level
I am pleased to announce that I passed the Veteran Tree Specialist Consulting Level examination in October 2023. To see the full list of those who are qualified both for the Consulting and Practicing levels visit the vetcert website to download the latest pdf lists. […]
Calke Abbey with Ted Green
It was a pleasure to visit Calke Abbey in Ticknall, Derby as part of the Arboricultural Association field trip linked to the 2022 Conference. It is an amazing National Trust property with stunning historic landscaped grounds and some superb veteran and ancient trees including the Old Man of Calke. Ted Green led a walk and […]