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When do bluebells flower?
Mark your calendars! Find out when bluebells flower, plus more bluebell facts including where to see them, what they smell like and how they're protected.
Lorienne Whittle • 21 Mar 2022
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How we take care of ancient and veteran trees
Protecting ancient trees is one of our top priorities. Discover how we design and manage our woods around them and how you can help.
Naomi Tilley • 26 Sep 2022
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11 animals that live in the UK's rainforest
Discover the weird and wonderful animals living in our very own rainforests.
Annabel Kemp • 19 Jun 2025
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Woodland Trust report: £1 billion to save England’s 'forgotten woods and wildlife'
The Woodland Trust has produced and costed a £1 billion five-year plan to rescue nature in England’s threatened ancient woods.
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Highland lodge announced as Scottish Rainforest Centre
95-year old Couldoran House will be reborn as the Scottish Rainforest Centre and operate as a hub in efforts to conserve the rare and threatened habitat.
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Woodland Trust Wood
Whittle Dene
Ovingham
19.58 ha (48.38 acres)
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What is growing on my tree? Black spots, galls, mildew and algae
Trees can host a range of spots, patches, powders, lumps and bumps! Here’s our quick guide to some of the more common funguses, growths and colour changes.
Emilie Bonnevay • 27 Jun 2019
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Press centre
Rhododendron is destroying our native wildlife
Popular for its pretty flowers, Rhododendron ponticum is an invasive non-native species and is damaging native woods and wildlife.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Cedar
Stately, aromatic, gigantic. Find out more about one of the most majestic of all planted trees.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Asian and citrus longhorn beetles
The Asian longhorn beetle is a killer of broadleaf trees. It’s not in the UK yet, but there’s a high risk of it being imported on wood packaging.