Tree Planting Volunteers Sought

Wellies on for wildlife at Alice Holt Forest  

The Forestry Commission is welcoming volunteers to take part in a tree planting morning at Alice Holt Forest, near Farnham, on Saturday 26 March.

 A unique tree planting event, it is part of a national wet woodland and pond conservation project, so wellies are essential.

Forestry Commission staff, the Alice Holt Community Forum and local volunteers will be planting native trees around a network of new ponds to create wet woodland habitat, both priority wildlife habitats in the UK.

The new habitat will benefit frogs, newts, grass snakes, dragonflies and damselflies.  It will also provide a suitable refuge for the return of the water vole to Alice Holt Forest.

The project is part of a national programme to create new ponds and restore wet woodland, as part of the Million Ponds Project.  Action is required particularly in the south of England as there is an increased risk of drought with hotter drier summers predicted in the future as well as other climate changes.


Meet at 10am on Saturday 26 March at the Forestry Commission entrance off Gravel Hill Road. Tree planting will commence at 11am. 

For more information and to book a place contact Tori Wright on 01420 23666.