Farming with trees

Discover the benefits of integrating trees into your farming systems. Join us for a tour of FarmEco and talks from agroforestry experts.

Join us for an inspiring tour of the agroforestry systems at FarmEco, led by host farmer David Rose and James Thompson (FWAG). The tour will be followed by a free lunch and talks by agroforestry experts from FWAG, Forestry Commission and Greenwood Community Forest. Representatives will also be available to speak to, from the Woodland Trust and Natural Englands ‘Tree Action Plan Delivery (TAP-D) team as well as Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF).

Our guest speakers will explain the many benefits of planting trees on your land and how to go about designing, planting and funding them.

Agenda:

10:00 - 10.30am Refreshments available

10:30am prompt: Guided tour of the agroforestry at FarmEco

12:00pm Head over to Car Colston and Screveton village hall (Church lane, Spring lane, Nottingham, NG13 8JF – about 1 mile away)

12:00 - 12.40pm LUNCH

12.40 – 12:50pm CSF introduction and what CSF has to offer – Capital Grants up-date.

12:50 - 1:10pm James Thompson - FWAG

1:15 – 1:45pm Alex Bentley – Forestry Commission

1:50 – 2:10pm Nick Tucker – Greenwood Community Forest

2:10 - 2:30pm Questions

2:30pm FINISH