by Laughton Greenwood | Nov 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
Sunday 1st December is your day to plant trees in the local countryside in Laughton. Laughton Greenwood is one of the only community-run woods in Sussex. Volunteers will be planting up to 400 saplings in the wood, and lots of support is needed. With the Climate Crisis...
by Laughton Greenwood | Oct 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
We had a positive walk and talk in the wood recently with Richard Austin from Butterfly Conservation & Neil Hulme, a well-known butterfly expert and consultant. Laughton Greenwood has as our neighbour to the West, Rowland Wood Butterfly reserve, so it has always...
by Laughton Greenwood | Sep 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
As part of our work to restore the structure and habitats of our Ancient Woodland it’s important we know what Fauna and Flora is already exists. The first thing to do is establish a baseline to see what we already have. We can then see what changes as a consequence of...
by Laughton Greenwood | Sep 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
In an exciting collaboration between Laughton Greenwood and the Newt Conservation Partnership we have created five brand new wildlife ponds in the woodland. We aim to provide ecological connectivity and breeding habitat for the small population of great crested newts...
by Laughton Greenwood | Jul 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
In Laughton Greenwood we are proud of our Giant Oaks and the large numbers of young English oaks growing all over the wood. But in amongst them we also have a European species that can gradually do damage to our oaks. The Turkey oak (Quercus cerris) is a deciduous...
by Laughton Greenwood | Jul 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
From Monday 12th August you may see machinery in Laughton Greenwood cutting down some of the pine trees. This is a substantial piece of work and visitors will need to KEEP AWAY FROM MACHINERY. This article explains what is happening and why. Laughton Greenwood has...
