🚶‍♀️🌿We’re pleased to announce that BSDC, Wild Minds ,Groundwork Five Counties, Buzzing Roots, RisingTogetherCIC and Wildly Immersive Wellness have received this year's Forest Society grant! 👏

Read more about the projects, here:bit.ly/3xEkuYM

Happy #springequinox everyone! 🌼 Learn more about the signs of spring to look out for in #theNationalForest in our latest blog, here: bit.ly/3ILLTdz

Happy #MothersDay to every kind of mum out there! 💚

Let's show our appreciation to all the incredible #women and #mothers , including #MotherNature herself and take some time to appreciate the seasonal beauty of the Forest as it springs to life. 🌸🌿

💜🌳This #InternationalWomensDay we hear from some of the women in the National Forest team who share inspiration and perspectives on how we can #InspireInclusion and work to shape a more equal future.

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#IWD2024

Looking for the perfect #MothersDay gift? 💚

Show your mum how much she means to you by dedicating a tree in the National Forest and support the woods and wildlife she loves.🌱

Dedicate a tree today: bit.ly/3P6UbAo

🎉🌳 We're pleased to announce the six recipients of the National Forest Arts Grants are, Derby Poetry Festival, Lucy Stevens, 1623 theatre company, Sheila Ghelani, Claire Davies and Evelyn Silver - featuring bird-ringing, filmmaking, poetry and more! 📖📽️

More: bit.ly/4c2Ph0Y

Local outdoor activity centre FieldSportUK located within acres of rich country estate woodland on the Leicestershire/Derbyshire border in #theNationalForest has been shortlisted for VisitEngland Tourism Superstar Award 2024!🌟🌳

👉 Vote now open: bit.ly/48nBAXl

🌳We had a tree-mendous turnout, with over 270 of people joining us at our Plant a Tree event on Saturday!

The trees you’ve planted are helping to grow the Forest and create, a greener, healthier and more sustainable future.

Thankyou for your support 🙏💚

Looking for the perfect gift? 💚Why not show your love for someone special and the National Forest this #ValentinesDay by dedicating a tree?🌳The sapling you purchase will help to create woodland habitats that will benefit wildlife for years to come. bit.ly/3tqkNzU

Want to support the health and wellbeing of communities in #theNationalForest ? Our Forest Society grants aim to support projects and community groups with innovative proposals to trial ways of supporting our communities through the use of local woodlands🌳 bit.ly/3FB0O6l

We were pleased to be joined by key partners and organisations today to discuss the #MidlandsForestNetwork , with lots of great discussion around opportunities, challenges and ambitions. 🌳 Midlands Engine Woodland Trust🌳 The National Lottery Heritage Fund Defra UK

🌟This #NationalApprenticeshipWeek we're celebrating our Apprentice Forest Operative, George Green, who after completing his apprenticeship in the National Forest, has now been offered a full-time position with local forestry contractor. 👏🌳 Read more: tinyurl.com/52z4cv3a

As the Government announces the competition for a new Forest for the Nation in England, we are pleased that Defra UK is using the success of the last 30 years of #theNationalForest to establish the next generation of forest. 🌳

This #NationalStorytellingWeek we're launching a new project at Oversetts Community Woodland with Adverse Camber, Pyn Stockman & Ann Jones, local school children will take part in a story and music performance before planting and wassailing fruit trees!🌳

Need some inspiration to get outdoors?🌳 Join our FREE virtual National Forest Trek and walk the equivalent of the 75-mile National Forest Way, by the end of March! 👣 Take on the challenge at your own pace whether it’s 1, 2 or 3 miles each day! Sign up👉 rb.gy/bicwxg

📣Forest Research are looking for your views on the creation of woodland in #theNationalForest !🌳
The project will involve three interviews, between 60-90 mins, to share your thoughts and experiences of woodlands.

👉Take part and receive a £60 voucher: smartsurvey.co.uk/s/DW10NE/

Delighted to have Rebecca Pow visit our Minorca North site yesterday, one of our areas of new planting in #theNationalForest . To mark the occasion a special beech tree was planted, one of the trees blessed as part of the ‘Trees of Life’ service at Westminster Abbey.🌳

🌳 Are you a land manager? Forest Research
are looking for your views on expanding tree cover. Fill in the online survey to help inform research focused on #TreePlanting and #NaturalColonisation 👉ow.ly/SuzO50Qk6RJ

Yesterday was #RedSquirrelAppreciationDay !🐿️As a signatory of the UK Squirrel Accord, we attend meetings to input towards best practice and research. The most recent Yorkshire Arboretum has a large enclosure for native red squirrels, to breed and support reintroductions across England.

📣 We're looking at the current delivery and barriers to outdoor learning within #earlyyears settings across #theNationalForest .🌳 If you offer outdoor learning in your early years setting, complete our #survey for your chance to WIN a Muddy Faces prize. twtr.to/M4oCx