Discovery Day In Wales

From the Forestry Commission

Forest Discovery Day to Celebrate International Year of Forests @ Wyre Forest  

To celebrate 2011 being the International Year of Forests, the Forestry Commission is holding a Forest Discovery Day at Callow Hill in the Wyre Forest as part of a national day of celebration.

The United Nations declared 2011 to be the International Year of Forests in an effort to raise awareness on sustainable management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests.

The Forest Discovery Day, to be held on 11 September, will offer a range of free workshops and demonstrations to celebrate and promote the variety of work that goes on in and is inspired by the Wyre Forest.

Activities on the day include:

•  forest storytelling for all ages
•  apple juicing and identification, as well as orchard advice
•  craft activities including making forest bunting
•  ‘sustainability trail’ to provoke interesting ideas of how to live more sustainably
•  woodworking demonstrations, seed gathering and a session on bushcraft
• Other planned activities on the day include a health walk at 10.30am and a chance to take part in a nationally co-ordinated tree hug at 2pm – tree hugs will be taking place across all the Forestry Commission sites across England.
• The Forest Café will be offering a special autumn food menu and there will be opportunities to try local forest produce.

The Discovery Day event is part funded by the Grow With Wyre Landscape Partnership Scheme. To find out more about Grow With Wyre please visit http://www.growwithwyre.org/