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When to pick sloes and how to make sloe gin
Sloe gin is a traditional tipple at Christmas and throughout winter. If you've been wondering how to make sloe gin, our easy recipe will help you whip up a batch of this sweet and warming liqueur.
Charlotte Varela • 24 Oct 2025
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How to make felt animals: easy step-by-step guide
Follow our simple guide to make your own stuffed woodland animals. This fun craft is ideal for kids and grown-ups alike!
Becca Smith • 28 Apr 2023
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Woodland Trust Wood
Everdon Stubbs
Daventry
28.91 ha (71.44 acres)
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Trees woods and wildlife
7-spot ladybird
A cheerful beetle with a vicious appetite, the 7-spot is our most familiar ladybird. They’re common in woods, parks and hedgerows, and a welcome pest control in gardens.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Black hairstreak
One of the rarest butterflies in the UK and the rarest hairstreak, the black hairstreak is beautiful but elusive.
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About us
Using Woodland Trust sites and data for science
Our valuable portfolio of sites and datasets are available for research and biological recording, to further the scientific understanding of conservation. Contact us to find out more about what might be available to you.
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Event
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 19-23 May 2026
Our Forgotten Forests Garden at the world-famous flower show will highlight the urgent need to protect and restore our precious ancient woods.
Tue 19 May 2026 • London Gate, Royal Hospital Road, Royal Hospital Chelsea, London SW3 4SR
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Trees woods and wildlife
Ferns
Lush, ancient and primitive, ferns are magnificent non-flowering plants that reproduce via spores. They are a common sight in woods, as many species are shade tolerant and can grow year round, bringing some welcome green to cooler months.
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Visiting woods
Foraging: what to look out for each month
Foraging for wild food connects us with nature and gives us a reason to get adventurous in the kitchen! See our year-round guide to sustainable foraging: what's in season and how to prepare and eat it.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Lime, small-leaved
Charming, sturdy, pollinator-magnet. Not only does the small-leaved lime’s blossom produce a sweet scent and pleasantly minty honey, its leaves support the caterpillars of moths such as the lime hawk, peppered and vapourer.