Useful Links
Woodland Organisations
The Small Woods Association is Britain’s leading organisation in supporting and promoting the work done by the owners and carers of small woodlands.
The South West Forest area covers 300,000 ha with a population of 180,000 and is broadly bounded by Bodmin Moor, Dartmoor and Exmoor.
The Silvanus Trust works with local people to increase the potential of woodland.
The Cornwall and Devon WoodMeet website provides access to the latest news and events, allows you to send messages to other members and is a source of industry information.
Lantra are developing an online careers resource within the new careers website www.afuturein.com which will include all UK qualifications to help you attain a career in the Trees and Timber industry.
NPTC - Our Mission is to promote competence and professionalism in the workforce of the land-based and related industries by the encouragement of continuous learning and the recognition of skill"
Carbon footprint :- Learn how to reduce your carbon footprint by purchasing carbon
offsets to slow global warming and clean the environment.
Health & Safety Executive. Download free chainsaw leaflets or other health & safety documents
West Wales Willows - Growing willows in one of the most beautiful parts of Britain - the coastal county of Pembrokeshire, offering online supplies of willow cuttings and rods for basket weaving.
Local Information Websites in Devon and Cornwall
The Ruby Country lots of information about this very special area of Devon.
Eco-Lots is a free service designed to help the rural economy by assisting with the environmentally sensitive and sustainable management of land, trees and wildlife in the UK. It seeks to do this by providing free online advertising for sales, wants and events covering a wide range of rural products and services.
The Best of Okehampton website gives masses of information relevant to this area of Devon
Hotels, Bed and Breakfast in Devon and Cornwall
Claw Cottage Bed and Breakfast Hollacombe, Holsworthy, Devon EX22 6NP
Higher Hollamoor Farm, Frithelstock Stone, Devon. Self-catering in 15th century listed farmhouse
Bason Farm, Bradford Nr Holsworthy. You are assured a warm welcome and a relaxing holiday at this pretty stone built Victorian farmhouse.
Hope Farm, Bendibus Hill, Ashwater, Devon EX21 5DL
Local Shows in Devon and Cornwall
Devon County Show, Westpoint, Exeter
The Royal Cornwall Show, The Showground, Wadebridge
The Woodfair, Roadford Lake, Nr Okehampton
North Devon Show. North Devon’s premier Agricultural spectacle. This annual event is a celebration of North Devon’s agricultural roots.
Websites of some of the Field & Forest Training Instructors
Sue and Chris Tozer The Bee Team work from their North Devon smallholding producing honey, soap, candles and other natural bee products.
Gillian Dixon - South Yeo Farm has been in the Dixon family for 3 generations and is Gillian and Ian's home, a traditional Devon longhouse believed to have been built in the 1600s. Their rare breed business of sheep, pigs and poultry is young but growing quickly.
Ben May of Forest Crafts - lives and works in the heart of North Devon's unspoilt countryside.
He makes his living out of continuing ancient woodland crafts and practices, as well as doing more modern sculptural work.
Carol Horsington and Dave Taylor of Cornish Willow make a range of traditional willow and green wood products,
including baskets, hurdles / fencing and rustic furniture for the home and garden. All their products are handcrafted in Cornwall by themselves using, as far as possible, locally sourced and home grown materials. Much of the material is grown on our small holding which is situated on the South Eastern edge of Bodmin Moor, between Launceston and Liskeard.
Alan Beat of The Bridge Mill, Bridgerule. Alan and Rosie have lived at The Bridge Mill is situated on the river Tamar in the small village of Bridgerule near Holsworthy in North Devon since 1987. Alan published his first book “A start in smallholding” in 2004.