Forest of Avon Trust

We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the donor from Liverpool, who has made a big contribution to our community based tree- planting work this year.

Thatcher's cider apples, Sandford

The Trust is once again able to offer top quality fruit trees. We can supply a wide variety of traditional and newer varieties, on different root-stocks ( M27, M9, M26 and MM106) and in different forms (bush, half standard, patio), meaning that you can choose a tree to suit your requirements. Trees are pot grown and between 1.5 and 1.75 metres tall.

Prices are £20 for apples, £21 for pears & plums and £22 for cherries, (excluding fan- trained trees & espaliers), collected from us at Ashton Court. This compares with an average of price of £35 from a garden centre.

Interested? Then email jonclark@forestofavontrust.org or call him on (0117) 963 3383 to discuss your requirements. Jon can advise on flowering groups, fruiting characteristics, planting and maintenance requirements.

If you join our Friends scheme by Standing Order, your first fruit tree is FREE. Speak to Jon for further information.

Uncommonly known as Araucaria araucana. Clevedon.

We have just started a project to quantify the role of trees and shrubs within North Somerset. This will apply i- Tree Eco methodology developed by the U.S. Forestry Service and used in a number of American cities.

The approach is new in the UK and the Trust’s project follows on from a successful project in Torbay. We will differ from this project, as we will work closely with North Somerset’s expanding network of Tree Wardens to collect the data.

The first step is to test the methodology and we have started surveying the first 20 random plots, generated for us by North Somerset Council.

More details to follow. Click here for a link to the Torbay project.

On 4 July 2012 the Independent Panel on Forestry published its Final Report. The Panel’s chair, the Right Reverend Bishop James Jones said:

“The Panel’s work over the last year has shown that our woodlands, managed sustainably, can offer solutions to some of the most pressing challenges facing society today. We have consulted widely, visited woods and forests around the country and read over 42,000 submissions.

There is untapped potential within England’s woodlands to create jobs, to sustain skills and livelihoods, to improve the health and wellbeing of people and to provide better and more connected places for nature.

Government investment is now needed to kick start these changes which will repay itself many times over in terms of public benefit”

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