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Forestry Commission events

A calendar of online and face-to-face Forestry Commission events, and details of shows and exhibitions we are attending.

From:
Forestry Commission
Published
17 November 2022
Last updated
2419 AprilMarch 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England

We attend a range of events to give advice on planting woodland, and what grants are available.

We also hold training events and webinars on specific funding schemes and areas of forestry. We encourage you to sign up in advance to ensure your place.

We update this events page regularly.

Upcoming events

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Previous recorded events

Event            Date            Details              Recording
HS2 Woodland Fund: webinar hosted by the Forestry Commission8 November 2023Funding 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

ThisPilot: webinar hosted by the Forestry Commission

23 detailsJune 2023This webinar explains about the ash dieback grant offer within the Tree Health Pilot.

Watch the video: Ash dieback and the Tree Health Pilot (webinarrecording

Societal benefits of trees, woods and forests in England

ThisEngland: webinar hosted by the Forest Research

10 May 2023This webinar looks at work by the Society and Environment Research Group on the societal benefits of trees, woods, and forestsforests, inprimarily focusing on England.

Watch the video: Societal benefits of trees, woods and forests (webinar)recording

Red Squirrels and forestry operations

Thisoperations: webinar hosted by the Forestry Commission

March 2023This webinar offers advice on how to plan and carry out forest operations in woodlands to minimise the possible impacts on red squirrels.

Watch the video: Red squirrels and forestry operations (webinar)recording

SearchYou can search our YouTube channel for more previous recorded events.

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Updates to this page

Published 17 November 2022

Last updated 2419 AprilMarch 2025 + show hide all updates" href="#full-history">+ show all updates

  1. Added 2 events: Great Yorkshire Show and Agroforestry Show.

  2. Added Towards the London Tree Ring on 28 March.

  3. Added Bridging Borders: Forestry Conference.

  4. Removed old events.

  5. Added events: 'Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier webinar', 5 x Farming Roadshows (Faversham, Woodchurch, Edenbridge, West Sussex and East Sussex), 'Forestry Agents' Forum - South East and London', and 'Unlocking opportunities for farm businesses: productive forestry'.

  6. Added NFU Conference and Low Carbon Agriculture Show.

  7. Added Kent Farming Conference, Norfolk Farming Conference, Lincolnshire Farming Conference and Isle of Wight Farming Conference.

  8. Added LAMMA Show 15 to 16 January.

  9. Added Oxford Real Farming Conference.

  10. Added the event Woodland Creation and Deer Management (27 November).

  11. Added the event 'Benefits and incentives for new woodland planting' on 11 November.

  12. Added Farm Business Innovation Show. Changed the dates for 'Forestry Facing the Future: eDNA, ecosystems and international commitments' from October 2024 to February 2025.

  13. Removed out of date events.

  14. Added Midlands Machinery Show.

  15. Added a series of online events from: "Forestry Facing the Future: a 50-year horizon scan".

  16. Added Woodland Creation - Delivering your EWCO Project, Chichester Ploughing Match, and Woodland Condition Assessment webinar.

  17. Events added: Call For Land Summit and Woodland Communications Day.

  18. Added: Halstead Ploughing Match, Managing deer across the English landscape, Basingstoke and District Ploughing Match, British National Ploughing Championships and Borderway Agri Expo.

  19. 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.

  20. Added: Farmers Weekly: Alternative Land Use, Pie in a Pub: Carbon and Woodland Talk and The Dairy Show.

  21. Added The Collingham Show and Southwell Ploughing Match.

  22. Added Westmorland County Show and Tenbury Show.

  23. Added Driffield Show.

  24. Added events: Edenbridge & Oxted Agricultural Show, Alresford Show, Moreton-in-Marsh Show, Hampshire Country Sports Day, Newbury Show and National Forestry Conference 2024.

  25. Removed the event 'Next Generation Pizza & Pimms (Cumbria)', now postponed.

  26. Removed past events.

  27. Removed outdated events.

  28. Removed outdated events and changed the date for the Woodland Creation and Deer Management event.

  29. outdated events removed.

  30. Added ICF Agroforestry Day and Woodland Creation and Deer Management in Shropshire.

  31. Corrected error with date: changed Cheshire Show from July to June.

  32. Added Bucks County Show, Royal Cheshire County Show and Kent County Show.

  33. Added: Royal Bath and West Show, Royal Cornwall Show, Devon County Show Awards, Burwarton Show, and Wiltshire Game & Country Fair.

  34. Added events: Nottinghamshire County Show, Cereals 2024, CLA North: Next Generation Pizza & Pimms, Royal Norfolk Show and Lincolnshire Show.

  35. Added Suffolk Show.

  36. Added Heathfield Agricultural Show.

  37. 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.

  38. Added the following events: National Shooting Show and Honley Show.

  39. Removed old events.

  40. Added East Lancashire trees and woodland advice drop-in.

  41. Added events: Association of Professional Foresters (APF 2024) and Groundswell.

  42. Added Tendring Show and Essex Young Farmers' Show.

  43. Added Woodland Creation Clinic and East Anglian Game & Country Fair.

  44. Past events removed.

  45. Added West Midlands Combined Authority 13 March.

  46. Added NFU Conference (NFU24) 20-22 February.

  47. Removed past events.

  48. Added event details for Rootstock Conference (14 February) and Great Yorkshire Show (9 July).

  49. Added new events for 6, 8, 13 and 15 February.

  50. Added the 'Grow your business' event for 7 February.

  51. Added 3 events: 24 January, 6 and 20 February 2024.

  52. Added 2 events: 15 January 2024 and 1 February 2024.

  53. Removed past events and added the Project WIDGET event on 24 and 30 January 2024.

  54. Added CLA roadshow events 11 - 14 December.

  55. Added a video link to the HS2 Woodland Fund webinar.

  56. Added new events in December.

  57. New events added

  58. Updated with new events

  59. New events added

  60. More events added

  61. Added an event

  62. Added further events

  63. Added events in August and September

  64. Added a new event

  65. Added a show

  66. Updated with two new events in July

  67. Updated to reflect events in June and July 2023

  68. Updated to reflect events in April, May and June 2023

  69. New events added for February and March 2023.

  70. First published.

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