Understanding Woodlands

Service Description

A Lantra-accredited, two-day course focusing on small mixed and broadleaf woodlands. It combines essential theory with hands-on group activities, helping you apply what you learn and see woodland through a more informed set of eyes. WHO IS IT FOR? Woodland owners, existing professionals, and people considering a career or move into woodland management and forestry. Previous knowledge of trees or woodland is helpful but not essential. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN • Landowners’ existing skills, values and resources • The history and status of UK woodlands • Woodland types and common British tree species • Threats, constraints and opportunities affecting UK woodland • Forestry regulations and woodland owners’ responsibilities • Assessing woodland condition and compiling an inventory • Setting woodland management plan objectives • Woodland economics, income and available support • Further learning and practical next steps WHAT IS INCLUDED? • Official Lantra course attendance certificate • Detailed course booklet • Comprehensive reading list • Discount voucher for future consultancy services PRACTICAL REQUIREMENTS Participants must be comfortable spending several hours outdoors and walking through woodland in varying weather conditions. Please bring suitable outdoor clothing and footwear. Dogs are not permitted. DATES AND TIMES Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 September 2026 9:30am–5:00pm on both days LOCATION Silk Wood, The National Arboretum Westonbirt, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, GL8 8QS PRICE £350 per person. No VAT.