Forestry Commission Events
A calendar of online and face-to-face events, and details of shows and exhibitions we will be attending.
Applies to England
Overview
We attend a range of events to meet customers and give advice and guidance on planting woodland. We also hold face-to-face and online training events and webinars on specific grant schemes and areas of forestry, that we encourage people to sign up to in advance.
We’ll update this page regularly with new events.
Upcoming events
Event | Date, time and location | Details | Recording available after |
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13 February 2024, Grantham | Chat to specialists about your land and the opportunities and grants available at at this free workshop: Lincolnshire Farmer’s Woodland Creation Meeting. | No | |
Rootstock Conference | 14 February 2024, Devon | We have a stand at this year’s Rootstock conference so do come along and ask us any questions. | No |
Workshop: Rockingham Forest Vision on |
15 February 2024, Northamptonshire | Chat to our specialists |
No |
Workshop: Farm Woodland | 20 February 2024, Somerset | Learn about the financial incentives for woodland creation and existing woodland management. There’ll be a question and answer session, followed by a light lunch. Read more and book. | No |
Low Carbon Agri Show | 7 March 2024, Warwickshire | Join the Forestry Commission on stand 212 to learn more about how creating woodlands can help tackle the effects of climate change. Register for your ticket to the Low Carbon Agri Show. | No |
Great Yorkshire Show | 9 July 2024, North Yorkshire | Join us in the Forestry Area at this year’s Great Yorkshire Show. Staff will be on hand to discuss wood creation, management, tree health and the grants and support available for farmers and landowners. | No |
Previous events
Event | Date and time | Details | Recording |
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HS2 Woodland Fund: webinar hosted by the Forestry Commission | 8 November 2023 | Funding information to support native woodland creation or the restoration of Plantations on Ancient Woodland sites. | Watch the recording |
Ash dieback and the Tree Health Pilot: webinar hosted by the Forestry Commission | 23 June 2023 | This webinar explains about the ash dieback grant offer within the Tree Health Pilot. | Watch the recording |
Societal benefits of trees, woods and forests in England: |
10 May 2023 | This webinar looks at work by the Society and Environment Research Group on the societal benefits of trees, woods, and forests, primarily focusing on England. | Watch the recording |
Red Squirrels and forestry operations: webinar hosted by the Forestry Commission | March 2023 | This webinar offers advice on how to plan and carry out forest operations in woodlands to minimise the possible impacts on red squirrels. | Watch the recording |
You can search our YouTube channel for previous recorded events.
Last updated 8
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Removed past events.
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Added event details for Rootstock Conference (14 February) and Great Yorkshire Show (9 July).
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Added new events for 6, 8, 13 and 15 February.
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Added the 'Grow your business' event for 7 February.
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Added 3 events: 24 January, 6 and 20 February 2024.
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Added 2 events: 15 January 2024 and 1 February 2024.
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Removed past events and added the Project WIDGET event on 24 and 30 January 2024.
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Added CLA roadshow events 11 - 14 December.
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Added a video link to the HS2 Woodland Fund webinar.
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Added new events in December.
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Updated with new events
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More events added
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Added further events
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Updated with two new events in July
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Updated to reflect events in June and July 2023
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Updated to reflect events in April, May and June 2023
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New events added for February and March 2023.
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First published.
Update history
2024-08-29 15:51
Events added: Call For Land Summit and Woodland Communications Day.
2024-08-14 10:55
Added: Halstead Ploughing Match, Managing deer across the English landscape, Basingstoke and District Ploughing Match, British National Ploughing Championships and Borderway Agri Expo.
2024-08-08 11:57
Added: Hampshire Countryside Day, East Kent Ploughing Match, West Grinstead Ploughing Match, Weald of Kent Ploughing Match, Brailsford Ploughing Match, Herefordshire Rural Business Advice Day and West Country Farming and Machinery Show.
2024-08-02 12:04
Added: Farmers Weekly: Alternative Land Use, Pie in a Pub: Carbon and Woodland Talk and The Dairy Show.
2024-07-24 10:47
Added The Collingham Show and Southwell Ploughing Match.
2024-07-17 12:36
Added Westmorland County Show and Tenbury Show.
2024-07-10 13:31
Added Driffield Show.
2024-07-03 11:30
Added events: Edenbridge & Oxted Agricultural Show, Alresford Show, Moreton-in-Marsh Show, Hampshire Country Sports Day, Newbury Show and National Forestry Conference 2024.
2024-06-27 13:44
Removed the event ‘Next Generation Pizza & Pimms (Cumbria)’, now postponed.
2024-06-27 09:24
Removed past events.
2024-06-12 10:23
Removed outdated events.
2024-06-05 12:27
Removed outdated events and changed the date for the Woodland Creation and Deer Management event.
2024-05-31 12:36
outdated events removed.
2024-05-23 09:05
Added ICF Agroforestry Day and Woodland Creation and Deer Management in Shropshire.
2024-05-17 09:09
Corrected error with date: changed Cheshire Show from July to June.
2024-05-15 10:21
Added Bucks County Show, Royal Cheshire County Show and Kent County Show.
2024-05-08 14:45
Added: Royal Bath and West Show, Royal Cornwall Show, Devon County Show Awards, Burwarton Show, and Wiltshire Game & Country Fair.
2024-05-01 11:26
Added events: Nottinghamshire County Show, Cereals 2024, CLA North: Next Generation Pizza & Pimms, Royal Norfolk Show and Lincolnshire Show.
2024-04-24 10:26
Added Suffolk Show.
2024-04-18 13:25
Added Heathfield Agricultural Show.
2024-04-11 14:18
Added events: Alternative Land Uses: Agroforestry, Land agent and advisor EWCO training day, Northumberland County Show, Transition Live and updated information for the Association of Professional Foresters event.
2024-04-02 10:54
Added the following events: National Shooting Show and Honley Show.
2024-03-20 09:44
Removed old events.
2024-03-13 10:30
Added East Lancashire trees and woodland advice drop-in.
2024-03-06 12:59
Added events: Association of Professional Foresters (APF 2024) and Groundswell.
2024-02-29 11:16
Added Tendring Show and Essex Young Farmers’ Show.
2024-02-28 10:00
Added Woodland Creation Clinic and East Anglian Game & Country Fair.
2024-02-22 09:06
Past events removed.
2024-02-15 09:55
Added West Midlands Combined Authority 13 March.
2024-02-15 09:26
Added NFU Conference (NFU24) 20-22 February.
2024-02-08 10:51
Removed past events.
2024-02-01 10:14
Added event details for Rootstock Conference (14 February) and Great Yorkshire Show (9 July).
2024-01-24 11:00
Added new events for 6, 8, 13 and 15 February.
2024-01-17 12:47
Added the ‘Grow your business’ event for 7 February.
2024-01-11 11:58
Added 3 events: 24 January, 6 and 20 February 2024.
2023-12-28 09:11
Added 2 events: 15 January 2024 and 1 February 2024.
2023-12-20 12:02
Removed past events and added the Project WIDGET event on 24 and 30 January 2024.
2023-12-07 16:08
Added CLA roadshow events 11 – 14 December.
2023-11-23 15:18
Added a video link to the HS2 Woodland Fund webinar.
2023-11-17 13:28
Added new events in December.
2023-11-02 13:11
New events added
2023-10-12 09:35
Updated with new events
2023-10-05 10:48
New events added
2023-09-06 16:08
Added an event
2023-08-11 12:35
Added further events
2023-07-31 10:01
Added events in August and September
2023-07-06 09:31
Added a new event
2023-06-29 09:30
Added a show
2023-06-21 14:16
Updated with two new events in July
2023-06-08 08:43
Updated to reflect events in June and July 2023
2023-03-30 15:54
Updated to reflect events in April, May and June 2023
2023-01-24 10:42
New events added for February and March 2023.
2022-11-17 14:10
First published.