24/11/2025
NATIONAL TREE WEEK | This week led by The Tree Council marks the beginning of the annual tree planting seasons and celebrates the pivotal role that trees bring to our landscapes.
We are passionate about trees here and have some fantastic trees across the Estate – from the remarkable to the everyday. The Plymouth Pear is one of Britain’s rarest trees and resides here and we are also very proud of our enormous Seqoiua trees which although over 100 years old and very tall, still have plenty of growing to do.
Across the farm, we have been busy planting many hundreds of seeds this Autumn. We caught up with Estate Owner and passionate conservationist Henry Edmunds who advised that ‘there is still time to collect acorns and walnuts off the ground for immediate planting. This is best done in pots that can be protected from rats by putting wire over the top'.
He also suggests that 'tree planting should really be completed by the 15th December. The old recommendation for tree planting in the new year no longer holds true due to the prevalence of hot dry springs these days’.
As well as seed collecting, we have been busy planting trees – over 100 Oak trees were planted together with disease resistant Elm, and a few Beech. Thank you very much to Hampshire County Council who provided the Elm as part of an effort to reintroduce Elm into the general landscape. The rest were homegrown and a result of lots of seed gathering – do have a go at collectiong seeds and growing trees this National Tree Week if you can!
