Homegrown Saplings Finally in the Ground!After a year's wait due to restrictions put in place during the pandemic in 2020, this weekend our tree guardians finally parted ways...
Our Sponsored Charity: Tree AidFor Climate Action Day this year (6th November), Newbury Friends of The Earth have looked at how we can support similar projects to our...
Goldwell Park has its 'Hayday'!A fantastic Saturday was spent by the team in Goldwell Park, Newbury, our flagship Lockdown wood site. A group of 16 adults and one child...
A beautiful dedication to our new woodlands in Goldwell ParkOn Saturday 21 August, 70 people gathered in Goldwell Park, Newbury, to dedicate our two Lockdown Woods in Newbury as memorials to all...
Barlow's Woodyard Generous Donation for Lockdown WoodsThe Lockdown Woods project received a very generous donation from David and John Barlow at Barlow's Woodyard, our local Hermitage wood...
Goldwell Park Maintenance Going Strong but with a light case of Alder Beetles!Many thanks to the dedicated team that came out on Sunday 4th of June last week to maintain our flagship Lockdown Wood in Goldwell Park....
Second Newbury Cubs visit Goldwell Park Lockdown WoodMany thanks to Joan Stacey, Lockdown Woods member, for this article. On the 20th May at our Goldwell Park site, a brave Cubs group, led...
Dedication Ceremony for Westbrook Down goes ahead with Poetry and Music On Saturday 22nd of May, about 30 people gathered in Westbrook Down, Hungerford, to dedicate our first Lockdown Wood as a memorial to the...
NTC Environmental Contribution Award 2021 goes to Dr Susan MillingtonThe Newbury Town Council 2021 Award for Environmental Contributions locally has been awarded to our head organiser Susan Millington for...
First Meet-ups of 'Friends of Lockdown Woods' complete!It's official - our first month of 'Friends of Lockdown Woods' meetings is completed! A group of 9 met at Goldwell Park on Sunday 11th of...
Orchard Extension with Growing Newbury Green Goes AheadCongratulations to our Lockdown Woods team who joined forces with Growing Newbury Green over the Easter holiday weekend to finish the...
Barn Crescent PlantedThe 9 January 2021 planting event in Barn Crescent was changed, for Covid 19 safety. We had volunteers in their domestic 'bubbles' to...
Goldwell Park Site Planted!We are excited to announce our flagship Lockdown in Goldwell Park, Newbury was planted out last weekend in the beautiful sunshine by our...
Hungerford Marsh Lockdown Wood PlantedThe first Lockdown Wood has been planted! About 40 people braved the winter chill today to plant 860 young trees in Westbrook Down, above...
Homegrown Saplings and Dedications delayedDue to increased measures with COVID-19 we have had to make the difficult decision to delay the planting of our homegrown saplings and...
Deadline for Sapling Registration for 2020 - 10th October Hi all, With the project reaching an exciting turning point, we now need to move on to planning the planting of your lovely, home-grown...
Lockdown Woods features on BBC BerkshireWe are excited to announce our story has been covered on the press! Check out our coverage over on BBC at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-e...
Sites for Lockdown Woods RevealedThe Lockdown Woods project is delighted to be able to announce the locations of our first three Lockdown Woods! These will be planted...
Sapling Swap Shop is ready for businessWith more and more lovely people on board with the project, we are beginning to find saplings being grown that sadly aren't the right...