England's Community Forests @CommForests

Bringing a splash of blue and purple into our late summer landscape, Blackthorn and the sloes they produce are excellent fruiting trees. The bitter taste when eaten raw may not be a favourite for people, but birds and small mammals find them irresistible! #thameschase…

🌻With the morning sunlight coming gently through the flower petals, it is easy to see how the humble sunflower got its name! We plan on collecting some of our sunflower seeds for planting next year, being sure to leave at least half the heads for birds and other wildlife to…

🥕 They took longer to germinate than we thought, but our carrots have finally started sprouting in our Community Tree Nursery. As well as trees, we also grow a few types of fruit and vegetable each year, to help us with our educational sessions with young people. Plus, we get…

👀 Check out this Red Clover, spotted in the Thames Chase Community Forest Tree Nursery! 🍃A familiar sight along our roadways and in our meadows, Red Clover is a nectar-rich plant which brings great benefit to many of our favourite pollinators. Insects like red-tailed bumblebees…

🐝 Did you know that it is Bees' Needs Week? The aim of the week is to raise awareness of the importance of bees and other pollinators, and to highlight the ways in which everyone can help them thrive! Find out more here: gov.uk/government/pub… #thameschase @CommForests

🌳 What role do social and cultural values play when it comes to farmers increasing tree cover on their land? 📽️ Two farmers, from Lincolnshire and Cornwall, talked to us about their values and how they influence their decisions about trees. Supported by Defra, we spoke to…

🌿 Check in with Thames Chase Programmes Manager, Becky Gibson at Benyon Primary School, South Ockendon. 💡 Interested in planting trees at your school or community space? Whatever your idea, your Community Forest team will listen, provide advice where you need it and support you…

🎉This year Thames Chase is celebrating 49 hectares of new woodland being planted across the Thames Chase Community Forest an area that covers 98 square miles including Havering, Basildon, Brentwood, Barking & Dagenham and Redbridge. During this planting season, Year 5 of the…

John Meehan, who was the Thames Chase Director from 1996 to 2006 has returned to Thames Chase as the Chair of the Thames Chase Trust. He has recently retired from Essex County Council where he was the Head of Climate Adaptation and Mitigation. During John’s time as Director the…

🎉This year Thames Chase is celebrating 49 hectares of new woodland being planted across the Thames Chase Community Forest an area that covers 98 square miles including Havering, Basildon, Brentwood, Barking & Dagenham and Redbridge. During this planting season, Year 5 of the…

Our network of Community Forests is currently feeling extra proud of just how much woodland we created together over the last tree planting season 💚 Find out more about a record breaking year for our Trees for Climate programme: englandscommunityforests.org.uk/englands-commu…

🌳We have released the latest official provisional statistics on: 🔸UK woodland area 🔸Certified woodland area 🔸Areas of new planting and publicly funded restocking 🔸Projects registered under the Woodland Carbon Code Read more: ow.ly/a77q50WgznG

We planted over 3.1 million trees in the 2024/25 planting season! 🌲🎉 That's over 35% of all government-funded tree planting - a massive result for England's Community Forests and a record year for our network 💚 Find out more here: englandscommunityforests.org.uk/englands-commu…

🌿Check in with Thames Chase Programmes Manager, Becky Gibson at Harold Court Primary School, Romford Essex. The trees planted two winters ago are doing great and are well cared for by students and staff. 💡 Interested in planting trees at your school or community space?…

Check out these wonderful Woodpeckers captured on camera by one of our staff team. The female Great Spotted Woodpecker tending to her young male. We love to see your photos from in and around the Community Forest, remember to tag us using #thameschase @CommForests (With thanks…

The wildfire risk will increase to severe across much of southern, central and eastern England from tomorrow through into the weekend. #BeWildfireAware. Don't have campfires, BBQs or naked flames in woodlands. If you see a wildfire get to a safe place and call 999.

👑Thames Chase Trust was delighted to be invited to the Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace on the 20th May. Martin Barkwith, Trustee and Aisling Woodhead, Deputy Director attended on behalf of the Trust. With the Prince and Princess of Wales making their first Royal Garden…

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Thames Chase Conservation volunteers have made a start on this season's public footpath maintenance.  We do this on behalf of Havering Council and have recently worked on footpaths in North Ockendon, Cranham, Hornchurch and Collier Row.  Our aim is to keep footpaths safe and…

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🌎TODAY IS EARTH DAY! 55 years of Earth Day today! Raising awareness and taking action for the environment, improving our ecosystems as well as human health! "Our Power, Our Planet" focusses on using renewable energies to meet our energy needs, something already being done by…

Great @CommForests networking day at @CityofTreesMcr with @whiteroseforest & Plymouth & South Devon #CommunityForest seeing the fantastic work our Mancunian colleagues undertake, meeting their amazing #CitizenForesters & yes, enjoying some rain (made the trees happy) @DefraGovUK

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