Ranton Diamond Wood

04/07/2017

We're having a FREE Woodland Family Fun Day at Ranton Diamond Wood,
Staffordshire, Near Newport Telford
10.00am – 4.00pm
Saturday 8 July 2017.
ST20 0JQ

Come to Ranton Diamond Wood on the Norbury Park Estate for a Family Fun Day!
Help us celebrate the 5th anniversary of planting over 60,000 trees, which was part of the Jubilee Project in 2012, with the help of local schools and families in the year Her Majesty, the Queen, celebrated her Diamond Jubilee.
A day full of outdoor activities
Chainsaw carving
Wittling
Story Telling
Climbing Trees with Ropes
Brash Sculpture making
Woodland Birds of Prey Show
Turning Trees into logs…
Wildlife walks
Group Art Sculpture making (everyone can get involved in making something that will remain at the site as an art feature)

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There will also be a Digital Photography Competition, so bring your camera along!

FREE entry, https://woodlandtrusttickets.cloudvenue.co.uk/Norburywoodlandfamilyfunday

30/06/2017

Just over 1 week to go until our Woodland Family Fun Day NEXT Saturday, 8th July. FREE Entry! So many wonderful activities...here's just a few! :) Go to the Woodland Trust website to see more details....

https://woodlandtrusttickets.cloudvenue.co.uk/Norburywoodlandfamilyfunday

29/06/2017

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27/06/2017

Woodand Family Fun Day 2017 - FREE ENTRY

We're having a Woodland Family Fun Day at Ranton Diamond Wood, Staffordshire
10.00am – 4.00pm
Saturday 8 July 2017
Near Newport, Telford.
ST20 0JQ

Help us celebrate the 5th anniversary since The Woodland Trust Jubilee Woods Project in 2012. Schools and families came in their hundreds to plant 60,000 tree in the year Her Majesty, the Queen, celebrated her Diamond Jubilee.
A day full of outdoor activities for all the family. From Woodland crafts, climbing trees with ropes, wildlife walks and woodland Birds of Prey to name a few!
There will also be a Digital Photography Competition, so bring your camera along!
https://woodlandtrusttickets.cloudvenue.co.uk/Norburywoodlandfamilyfunday

23/06/2017

More than 300,000 new trees were planted at Norbury Park and Ranton Abbey, and the project is now finished.There will be 140 hectares of new woodland

This is an old article but very informative.


Norbury Park Estate has spearheaded the private venture. But because it delivers public benefits the Forestry Commission has backed the planting with grants totalling nearly £500,000 under the English Woodland Grant Scheme.

Read more at http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/staffordshire-estates-woodland-weapon-fight-climate-change/story-20157357-detail/story.html .99

ONE OF Staffordshire's biggest new forests is sprouting up near Stafford. More than 300,000 new trees are being planted at Norbury Park and Ranton Abbey, and the project is now 80 per cent...

20/06/2017