Change description : 2025-08-28 09:21:00: Added two new events: a farm walk at The Grower Tree Nursery, and a farm resilience workshop at Grascott Farm. [Guidance and regulation]
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
Bucks County Show
28 August 2025 (Buckinghamshire)
Come and talk to the Forestry Commission at the Bucks County Show about the benefits of woodland on your farm and the grants and incentives available.
Farm walk and talk
4 September 2025 (Dorset)
Come and join our farm walk and talk around planting trees on your land. Discuss the benefits of trees, grants available and see agroforestry in practice. Coordinated by the Farm Consultancy Group in conjunction with the Forestry Commission. Book your place on Eventbrite.
Alresford Show
6 September 2025 (Hampshire)
Visit the Forestry Commission stand at the Alresford Show where we will be on hand to answer any queries on woodland creation, management and tree health.
Farm walk at Orchard Park Farms
9 September 2025 (Somerset)
Visit Orchard Park Farms to see how Neil Macdonald, woodland owner and apple grower, manages his land and has diversified. Talk to the Forestry Commission team to discuss the benefits of trees on your land and grants available. Book your place on Eventbrite.
Westmorland County Show
10 to 11 September 2025
We’ll be attending the Westmorland County Show this September. Visit our team to learn more about woodland creation, management, and the grants and support available.
Agroforestry Show
10 to 11 September 2025 (Hertfordshire)
Join us at the Agroforestry Show. We’ll be sharing practical ideas about integrating trees, woodland and forestry into the farmed landscape to improve biodiversity, soil health, provide protection and increase productivity for crops and livestock.
Weald of Kent Ploughing Match
13 September 2025
Visit the Forestry Commission stand at the Weald of Kent Ploughing Match to chat about your woodland creation, management and tree health queries.
West Grinstead Ploughing Match
20 September 2025 (West Sussex)
Look out for us at the West Grinstead Ploughing Match. Meet our area team and discuss your woodland creation and management plans.
Collingham Show
20 September 2025 (Nottinghamshire)
The Forestry Commission will be on hand at the Collingham Show to discuss woodland creation and the benefits of woodland on your farm and the grants and incentives available.
East Kent Ploughing Match
24 September 2025 (Kent)
Visit our stand at the East Kent Ploughing Match. Meet our area team and discuss your woodland creation and management plans.
Farm walk: The Grower
24 September 2025 (Cornwall)
Join us for a farm walk at The Grower tree nursery in Cornwall, where we’ll be hosted by the founders Inez Williams-King and Chris King to explore tree production and the benefits of planting trees on farm. Inez is our most recent Forestry Commission Woodland Ambassador for the Southwest, advocating woodland creation and sustainable woodland management.
Brailsford Ploughing Match
1 October 2025 (Derbyshire)
The Forestry Commission will be on hand at the Brailsford Ploughing Match to discuss woodland creation and the benefits of woodland on your farm and the grants and incentives available.
National Forestry Conference
8 October 2025 (Berkshire)
Jointly organised by Forestry Commission, CLA and Grown in Britain this all-day conference provides a strong platform to hear from a range of forestry experts and case studies, share experiences, network and collaborate. The focus for 2025 is ‘Prosperity through resilience and innovation’. Find out more about the National Forestry Conference.
Farm diversification and resilience workshop
9 October 2025 (Devon)
Discover how Grascott Farm diversified their business to generate income through timber, biomass, wood products and recreation. Book your place on the workshop.
Herefordshire Rural Hub Business Advice Day
5 November 2025
Come and see the Forestry Commission at Herefordshire Rural Business Advice Day 2025 where farming and rural businesses can meet with local organisations that provide support, attend presentations and get 1-to-1 advice.
National Tree Officers Conference
5 November 2025 (Berkshire)
Visit our stand at the National Tree Officers Conference, as we join colleagues from across the sector to reflect on progress, explore new concepts and shape the future of urban forestry and arboriculture.
Woodland communications day
14 November 2025 (Suffolk)
Join forestry professionals from across the East of England on this informative day of insight and innovation to hear the latest news and updates affecting the forestry industry from managing the growing threat of Ips typographus to pioneering large-scale woodland creation projects, this event offers practical strategies and real-life case studies.
Previous recorded events
Ash dieback and the Tree Health Pilot
This webinar hosted by the Forestry Commission details the ash dieback grant offer within the Tree Health Pilot.
Societal benefits of trees, woods and forests in England
This webinar hosted by Forest Research looks at work by the Society and Environment Research Group on the societal benefits of trees, woods, and forests in England.
This webinar hosted by the Forestry Commission offers advice on how to plan and carry out forest operations in woodlands to minimise the possible impacts on red squirrels.
Removed past events and added 7 new events: Farm walk and talk, Farm walk at Orchard Park Farms, West Grinstead Ploughing Match, Collingham Show, East Kent Ploughing Match, Brailsford Ploughing Match and Woodland communications day.
30 July 2025
Added the Westmorland County Show, Herefordshire Rural Hub Business Advice Day and National Tree Officers Conference.
23 July 2025
Deleted an event that has passed.
16 July 2025
Added Weald of Kent Ploughing Match.
9 July 2025
Removed expired events.
25 June 2025
Added Burwarton Show.
18 June 2025
Removed outdated events and updated the link for the National Forestry Conference.
11 June 2025
Added the National Forestry Conference.
4 June 2025
Added 7 events: Royal Cornwall Show (5 June), Lincolnshire Show (18 June), Ash dieback: response and resilience (1 July), Groundswell (2 July), Stansted Summer Festival (19 July), Bucks County Show (28 August) and Alresford Show (6 September).
3 June 2025
Removed the event 'Healthy Woodlands in the South East: Crawley Down' as it's cancelled.
28 May 2025
Removed past events.
21 May 2025
Added Rural Communities Funding Webinar, Northumberland County Show, and Suffolk Show.
13 May 2025
Added 3 x Healthy Woodlands in the South East events.
8 May 2025
Added Agroforestry Open Weekend 2025, Oxford Real Farming Conference, Kent County Show and Tendring Show.
30 April 2025
Added Tree Health Clinic.
30 April 2025
Added 4 events for the recently opened tree and seed production grants: Tree Production Innovation Fund (TPIF) knowledge transfer webinars, Tree Production Innovation Fund (TPIF) ‘how to apply’ webinar, Tree Production Capital Grant (TPCG) ‘how to apply’ webinar and Seed Sourcing Grant (SSG) ‘how to apply’ webinar.
24 April 2025
Added 2 events: Great Yorkshire Show and Agroforestry Show.
19 March 2025
Added Towards the London Tree Ring on 28 March.
6 March 2025
Added Bridging Borders: Forestry Conference.
13 February 2025
Removed old events.
28 January 2025
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'.
9 January 2025
Added NFU Conference and Low Carbon Agriculture Show.
17 December 2024
Added Kent Farming Conference, Norfolk Farming Conference, Lincolnshire Farming Conference and Isle of Wight Farming Conference.
11 December 2024
Added LAMMA Show 15 to 16 January.
4 December 2024
Added Oxford Real Farming Conference.
12 November 2024
Added the event Woodland Creation and Deer Management (27 November).
1 November 2024
Added the event 'Benefits and incentives for new woodland planting' on 11 November.
9 October 2024
Added Farm Business Innovation Show. Changed the dates for 'Forestry Facing the Future: eDNA, ecosystems and international commitments' from October 2024 to February 2025.
9 October 2024
Removed out of date events.
2 October 2024
Added Midlands Machinery Show.
18 September 2024
Added a series of online events from: "Forestry Facing the Future: a 50-year horizon scan".
11 September 2024
Added Woodland Creation - Delivering your EWCO Project, Chichester Ploughing Match, and Woodland Condition Assessment webinar.
29 August 2024
Events added: Call For Land Summit and Woodland Communications Day.
14 August 2024
Added: Halstead Ploughing Match, Managing deer across the English landscape, Basingstoke and District Ploughing Match, British National Ploughing Championships and Borderway Agri Expo.
8 August 2024
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.
2 August 2024
Added: Farmers Weekly: Alternative Land Use, Pie in a Pub: Carbon and Woodland Talk and The Dairy Show.
24 July 2024
Added The Collingham Show and Southwell Ploughing Match.
17 July 2024
Added Westmorland County Show and Tenbury Show.
10 July 2024
Added Driffield Show.
3 July 2024
Added events: Edenbridge & Oxted Agricultural Show, Alresford Show, Moreton-in-Marsh Show, Hampshire Country Sports Day, Newbury Show and National Forestry Conference 2024.
27 June 2024
Removed the event 'Next Generation Pizza & Pimms (Cumbria)', now postponed.
27 June 2024
Removed past events.
12 June 2024
Removed outdated events.
5 June 2024
Removed outdated events and changed the date for the Woodland Creation and Deer Management event.
31 May 2024
outdated events removed.
23 May 2024
Added ICF Agroforestry Day and Woodland Creation and Deer Management in Shropshire.
17 May 2024
Corrected error with date: changed Cheshire Show from July to June.
15 May 2024
Added Bucks County Show, Royal Cheshire County Show and Kent County Show.
8 May 2024
Added: Royal Bath and West Show, Royal Cornwall Show, Devon County Show Awards, Burwarton Show, and Wiltshire Game & Country Fair.
1 May 2024
Added events: Nottinghamshire County Show, Cereals 2024, CLA North: Next Generation Pizza & Pimms, Royal Norfolk Show and Lincolnshire Show.
24 April 2024
Added Suffolk Show.
18 April 2024
Added Heathfield Agricultural Show.
11 April 2024
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.
2 April 2024
Added the following events: National Shooting Show and Honley Show.
20 March 2024
Removed old events.
13 March 2024
Added East Lancashire trees and woodland advice drop-in.
6 March 2024
Added events: Association of Professional Foresters (APF 2024) and Groundswell.
29 February 2024
Added Tendring Show and Essex Young Farmers' Show.
28 February 2024
Added Woodland Creation Clinic and East Anglian Game & Country Fair.
22 February 2024
Past events removed.
15 February 2024
Added West Midlands Combined Authority 13 March.
15 February 2024
Added NFU Conference (NFU24) 20-22 February.
8 February 2024
Removed past events.
1 February 2024
Added event details for Rootstock Conference (14 February) and Great Yorkshire Show (9 July).
24 January 2024
Added new events for 6, 8, 13 and 15 February.
17 January 2024
Added the 'Grow your business' event for 7 February.
11 January 2024
Added 3 events: 24 January, 6 and 20 February 2024.
28 December 2023
Added 2 events: 15 January 2024 and 1 February 2024.
20 December 2023
Removed past events and added the Project WIDGET event on 24 and 30 January 2024.
7 December 2023
Added CLA roadshow events 11 - 14 December.
23 November 2023
Added a video link to the HS2 Woodland Fund webinar.
17 November 2023
Added new events in December.
2 November 2023
New events added
12 October 2023
Updated with new events
5 October 2023
New events added
14 September 2023
More events added
6 September 2023
Added an event
11 August 2023
Added further events
31 July 2023
Added events in August and September
6 July 2023
Added a new event
29 June 2023
Added a show
21 June 2023
Updated with two new events in July
8 June 2023
Updated to reflect events in June and July 2023
30 March 2023
Updated to reflect events in April, May and June 2023