Woodland design
With over 20 years’ experience, all woodlands are designed inhouse by our forester and ecologist. We have designed, delivered and managed woodlands within and alongside National Parks, National Scenic Areas, SPAs, SACs, SSSIs and LNCSs.
Our woodland designs are fully informed by our client’s objectives, alongside information gathered from the site assessment process.
Species choice
Species choice is determined by your objectives for the woodland, e.g. productive, low-density native, etc. To understand what your site is capable of, we consider soil types, site aspect, slope, exposure, hydrology, and ecological survey results.
There are nine grant support options for woodland creation, each with specific requirements for composition and stocking densities. Most of the woodlands we create contain in excess of 16 tree species.
Woodland type
Objectives for your woodland and how it’s felled (or not) in the future determine how it is planned at the start.
Many of our woodlands combine Continuous Cover Forestry CCF (broadleaves), clearfell (conifers) and no fell (low-density native broadleaves). This allows future income from woodland to be controlled as required by the client.
Mapping
Using all information from the site assessment process, we use GIS to produce a woodland design. The client approves this map prior to any grant-funding application and it forms the basis of our contract to deliver and maintain it to year 6 (FGS will fund the initial planting year + 5 years of maintenance to get your woodland established).
