Practical Woodland Creation and Management

This page provides access to a directory of businesses involved in. practical woodland creation and management (The nurseries growing the trees, the agents that provide advice on planning and managing your wood, the contractor and equipment needed to plant your wood and extract and process your timber)

Please contact us if we have missed anything or you would like to be included.

Woodland/Forestry Contractors

Woodland Services/Agents

Equipment and Machinery

Deer Control

Tree Nurseries

Tree Planting

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Argyll Small Woods Cooperative

Argyll Small Woods Cooperative

The Cooperative for small woodland owners and workers in Argyll, providing practical advice, training and collaborative woodland management opportunities.

Argyll Small Woods Cooperative

4 months ago

Argyll Small Woods Cooperative
Sawmilling DemonstrationApril 2 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm FreeMobile milling can provide a great solution to transform your timber to useable raw materials for a broad range of uses from fence posts to building materials and bespoke furniture as well as a range of other products.This event will have input from professional millers, traditional oak framers and furniture makers. The event will cover:A demonstration of the mobile LT40 Wood-Mizer sawmill showing how it handles oak logs i.e., cutting, log handling with hydraulics and also the cutting sizes.An insight into what an oak framer requires from the raw material, covering:- Type and quality of timber required by framers- Beams, curves and crucks- How the ordering process works- Sizes and volumes- Typical specifications- An idea of costsAn insight into what a furniture maker requires from the raw material, covering:- The finished products made from in house hardwoods- Material procurement- Milling with a finished product in mind- Kiln drying and storage- Machining Scottish hardwoods- Challenges around purchasing logsThis is a free event. Tea and Coffee will be provided provided, please bring a packed lunch.To book a place follow this link ... See MoreSee Less
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Argyll Small Woods Cooperative

4 months ago

Argyll Small Woods Cooperative
Trees and Timber Measurement Training CourseApril 1 @ 9:30 am - 4:00 pm £85.00This is a one-day course for anyone who would like to be able to assess the timber they have in their woodlands and is suitable for woodland owners and managers as well as forestry/woodland contractors.The aim of the course is: –To equip participants with the basic knowledge required to sample woodlands, select trees for felling and understand how to measure single trees or stands of trees with the purpose of estimating volume.Participants will learn how to use basic mensuration equipment and to use the necessary references or formulae to work out volumes from measurements taken.Reference will be made to measuring timber through weight and to common problems of timber quality.Cost: £85 per person9:30am to 4pm Tea and Coffee provided, lunch will be providedTo book a place follow this link: Timber Measuring (smallwoods.org.uk) ... See MoreSee Less
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Argyll Small Woods Cooperative

4 months ago

Argyll Small Woods Cooperative
A new Top Ten Tips guide for owners of small woodlands has just been published to help give easy to understand advice on dealing with storm damaged trees. The guide contains handy links to useful information sources and a list of professional forest companies that can help you. The guide was produced by Scottish Forestry and Confor, in consultation with the NFUS and Scottish Land and Estates. You can view the guide here. ... See MoreSee Less
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