WHAT TO EXPECT

As climate changes accelerates and weather extremes become more frequent, the need to create diverse, resilient landscapes grows ever more important. Trees play a critical role in the landscape, providing essential shade, shelter and forage, as well as slowing the flow of water off the hills, maintaining soil health and enabling food production.

This immersive learning day provides a unique opportunity to find out everything you want to know about tree planting, tree protection and woodland management at the multi-award-winning Lynbreck Croft, owned by Lynn Cassells and Sandra Baer. With 28 years of combined practical experience, Lynn and Sandra are creating a landscape at Lynbreck where trees and food production go hand in hand.

With practical hands-on learning opportunities and Lynn’s expert guidance, this course will help you to observe and understand the varied ways that trees are nurtured, managed and utilised on a working croft, emphasising their central place within a landscape that benefits nature, climate and people.

The Learning Day will cover:

• tree planting best practise 
• small and large scale planting schemes, from wood pasture to continuous woodland blocks
• planning and planting an orchard
• creating shelterbelts
• tree protection and deer/rabbit management
• existing woodland and decaying wood management
• grazing of herbivores and pigs in woodlands
• creating and establishing hedgerows
• planting and harvesting tree hay for livestock
• firewood processing and making charcoal for domestic use

This Learning Day is for you if: 

• you are a landowner or land manager interested in learning about how to start your tree planting journey
• you are interested in learning more about trees and woodland management
• you are interested in pursuing a career within the rewilding sector
• you’re a conservation/rewilding professional wishing to upskill.