Doing the good work – I love forests, am in the caravan in New Forest right now. 😀
Top work, hopefully it wasn’t for one of those ‘charities’ that sells the woodland for chipboard mulch after 10-15 years.
I like old woodlands, thriving with life and all sorts of animal shenanigans going on in the brush.
LIKE IT.
I’ve always wanted to do something like this where did you find a group to sign up with?
Are they mixed types of trees?
Is this a commercial thing or conservation/re-wilding? I ask because that’s a plantation, not a forest.
A forest is random and mult-speciese. This looks like someone’s investment. 🤔
Society becomes great when men plant trees under whose shade they will never sit
(paraphrasing the actual quote)
Sorry to sound daft here, and maybe I’m missing something, but every forest I’ve ever seen is random.. It could be sparse or dense, doesn’t matter where it is. So why are they planting in straight lines rather than all over the place within that area to make it look more natural rather than man made?? Forests aren’t straight and were never designed by nature to be that way. A uniform forest shouldn’t exist. It looks too artificial. And if they’re the ones planting them then why can’t they randomise the spread? As long as there’s enough room around each tree to grow, what’s the problem with them being more naturally spread?
Unless of course, like has already been said, is it easier for them to cut them down at a later date?? In which case, not so ethical at all.
Great work. It’s a shame they are planted in straight lines and not randomly though.
Some of the woods where I grew up had large areas replanted after the 1987 hurricane, and they looked so sterile and unnatural compared to rest.
Love this. What type of trees are you planting? Natives?
I took part in one of these my local council was running a few weeks back. We got 650 trees planted on a steep slope in a little over 3 hours and they came back a few days later with more trees to fill out another strip. What should have been a 3 day project turned out to be 2 half days and we only had the one karen turn up to hurl abuse at us which was another bonus.
I would really like to get involved with this sort of work in the future.
Edit: Just noticed people saying this will look like a plantation. I think that is very unlikely as there are multiple native species. If a sensible mix of trees is chosen and it is well managed, over time the initial planting grid will be hardly noticable imo. Birds, plants, wildlife and water ecology will not give two hoots about it looking a bit boxy for the first few years.
Good job the future generations will thank you
Arrrrrgggghhhhh!
Neat rows that let the wind through, the first drought and everything will dry out and die.
Barrett Homes be like 👀👀👀👀
Can’t wait in 50 years time we chop all these horrid straight line single type of plant same age forest.
It’s not natural and it’s bad for the environment.
The woodland it creates has no under growth because all the tree grow at the same rate and block all the sun light. A natural woodland with different aged trees creates gaps for sunlight to reach the floor. This will not.
It all being the same type of tree also makes it more susceptible to disease
Why in straight lines?
Meanwhile, everyone else is talking about building houses.
Nice one.
A decade or two from now that’s going to be home to thousands of happy little birds and mammals 🙂
“My heart is anxious, thinking of the days to come. All my works are dear to me. Is it not enough that Melkor should have marred so many. Shall nothing that I have devised be free of the dominion of others?”
“If thou hadst thy will what wouldst thou reserve?” said Manwe. “Of all thy realm what dost thou hold dearest?”
“All have their worth,” said Yavanna, “and each contributes to the worth of the others. But the kelvar can flee or defend themselves, whereas the olvar that grow cannot. And among these I hold trees dear. Long in the growing, swift shall they be in the felling, and unless they pay toll with fruit upon their bough little mourned in their passing. So I see in my thought, would that the trees might speak on behalf of all things that have roots, and punish those that wrong them!”
“This is a strange thought.” said Manwë. “Yet it was in the song.” Said Yavanna “For while thou wert in the heavens and with Ulmo built the clouds and poured out the rains, I lifted up the branches of great trees to receive them, and some sang to Ilúvatar amid the wind and the rain.”
Nice but why so linear.
This is ace. I can’t believe how many people seem to be giving you a hard time for the pattern of planting rather than recognising that you’ve actually planted a frigging forest!
That’s awesome. When my work schedule allows it I go to an event run by a local organisation that’s all about nature. A couple months ago my partner and I went and planted a hecking load of trees for their 1000 year legacy project. It was a fun day out. I was sad to miss the latest one as I was visiting families but my partner still went to plant more trees.
Lots of weird comments here showing how people have no idea what they are on about.
Really good work, I know how time consuming this work is! Especially with the hessian mats. I didn’t enjoy my time bamboo staking around 30,000 mats 😂
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Geddon!
What is that, a forest for ants?!
Kidding, good job!
Doing the good work – I love forests, am in the caravan in New Forest right now. 😀
Top work, hopefully it wasn’t for one of those ‘charities’ that sells the woodland for chipboard mulch after 10-15 years.
I like old woodlands, thriving with life and all sorts of animal shenanigans going on in the brush.
LIKE IT.
I’ve always wanted to do something like this where did you find a group to sign up with?
Are they mixed types of trees?
Is this a commercial thing or conservation/re-wilding? I ask because that’s a plantation, not a forest.
A forest is random and mult-speciese. This looks like someone’s investment. 🤔
Society becomes great when men plant trees under whose shade they will never sit
(paraphrasing the actual quote)
Sorry to sound daft here, and maybe I’m missing something, but every forest I’ve ever seen is random.. It could be sparse or dense, doesn’t matter where it is. So why are they planting in straight lines rather than all over the place within that area to make it look more natural rather than man made?? Forests aren’t straight and were never designed by nature to be that way. A uniform forest shouldn’t exist. It looks too artificial. And if they’re the ones planting them then why can’t they randomise the spread? As long as there’s enough room around each tree to grow, what’s the problem with them being more naturally spread?
Unless of course, like has already been said, is it easier for them to cut them down at a later date?? In which case, not so ethical at all.
Great work. It’s a shame they are planted in straight lines and not randomly though.
Some of the woods where I grew up had large areas replanted after the 1987 hurricane, and they looked so sterile and unnatural compared to rest.
Love this. What type of trees are you planting? Natives?
I took part in one of these my local council was running a few weeks back. We got 650 trees planted on a steep slope in a little over 3 hours and they came back a few days later with more trees to fill out another strip. What should have been a 3 day project turned out to be 2 half days and we only had the one karen turn up to hurl abuse at us which was another bonus.
Well this is just fantastic
This is amazing work and so important!
I wonder if you’ve heard about this type of tree planting technique. [https://youtu.be/R0d7Hox5J4M?si=5QDpz6f-eunGrbCz](https://youtu.be/R0d7Hox5J4M?si=5QDpz6f-eunGrbCz)
I would really like to get involved with this sort of work in the future.
Edit: Just noticed people saying this will look like a plantation. I think that is very unlikely as there are multiple native species. If a sensible mix of trees is chosen and it is well managed, over time the initial planting grid will be hardly noticable imo. Birds, plants, wildlife and water ecology will not give two hoots about it looking a bit boxy for the first few years.
Good job the future generations will thank you
Arrrrrgggghhhhh!
Neat rows that let the wind through, the first drought and everything will dry out and die.
Barrett Homes be like 👀👀👀👀
Can’t wait in 50 years time we chop all these horrid straight line single type of plant same age forest.
It’s not natural and it’s bad for the environment.
The woodland it creates has no under growth because all the tree grow at the same rate and block all the sun light. A natural woodland with different aged trees creates gaps for sunlight to reach the floor. This will not.
It all being the same type of tree also makes it more susceptible to disease
Why in straight lines?
Meanwhile, everyone else is talking about building houses.
Nice one.
A decade or two from now that’s going to be home to thousands of happy little birds and mammals 🙂
But forests grow great when the canopy is uneven.
Too straight. Needs to be sporadic
Wish stuff like this was in the news more
https://www.marstonvale.org/Event/public-tree-planting-event2025?utm_source=Forest+of+Marston+Vale+General+Mailing+List&utm_campaign=e64001e664-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_28_12_55_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d0b08a6ea9-e64001e664-589720466 Bedford Silsoe tomorrow, if anyone’s free. Bring wellies
“My heart is anxious, thinking of the days to come. All my works are dear to me. Is it not enough that Melkor should have marred so many. Shall nothing that I have devised be free of the dominion of others?”
“If thou hadst thy will what wouldst thou reserve?” said Manwe. “Of all thy realm what dost thou hold dearest?”
“All have their worth,” said Yavanna, “and each contributes to the worth of the others. But the kelvar can flee or defend themselves, whereas the olvar that grow cannot. And among these I hold trees dear. Long in the growing, swift shall they be in the felling, and unless they pay toll with fruit upon their bough little mourned in their passing. So I see in my thought, would that the trees might speak on behalf of all things that have roots, and punish those that wrong them!”
“This is a strange thought.” said Manwë. “Yet it was in the song.” Said Yavanna “For while thou wert in the heavens and with Ulmo built the clouds and poured out the rains, I lifted up the branches of great trees to receive them, and some sang to Ilúvatar amid the wind and the rain.”
Nice but why so linear.
This is ace. I can’t believe how many people seem to be giving you a hard time for the pattern of planting rather than recognising that you’ve actually planted a frigging forest!
That’s awesome. When my work schedule allows it I go to an event run by a local organisation that’s all about nature. A couple months ago my partner and I went and planted a hecking load of trees for their 1000 year legacy project. It was a fun day out. I was sad to miss the latest one as I was visiting families but my partner still went to plant more trees.
Lots of weird comments here showing how people have no idea what they are on about.
Really good work, I know how time consuming this work is! Especially with the hessian mats. I didn’t enjoy my time bamboo staking around 30,000 mats 😂
Big up to forestry 👌
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