Get Expert Advice At Smallholder Festival  

Landowners considering planting trees will be able to seek out help from the experts at the Smallholder and Garden Festival to be held at the Royal Welsh showground in Builth Wells on May 21 and 22.

Forestry Commission Wales staff will be on hand at the South Glamorgan Exhibition Hall to give advice on the new Glastir Woodland Creation scheme, which offers an attractive grant rate to landowners who want to plant new areas of woodland.

Woodland officers will explain the benefits of planting trees for farmers and smallholders, which include providing timber and fuel, creating shelter for crops, stock or buildings and preventing run-off and reduce soil erosion.

The increased level of grant on offer reflects the Assembly Government’s strategy, Woodlands for Wales, which emphasises the need to plant more woodlands. Under the new scheme, which was launched at the end of October, farmers could get up to £9,000 per hectare to plant new woodland.

For more details on the Glastir grant scheme, please ring 0300 068 0300 or email bww.ts@forestry.gsi.gov.uk  and ask for a Glastir information pack or visit www.forestry.gov.uk/glastirwoodland.
Background information on the show can be found at www.rwas.co.uk/en/garden-festival/the-smallholder-garden-festival.

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