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On Saturday 23rd of February, we hosted another open invite community tree planting day beside the river Derwent in Blackhall Mill. Sixteen volunteers joined us throughout Read more

We welcome Mark Shipperlee as a new, fourth, director of Living Woods North East. Mark brings the experience of running small organisations, having established and run Read more

Are you one of these lucky people that has too many tree seedlings growing in their garden, and you end up weeding them out every year? Read more

In Autumn 2018, Living Woods North East was contracted to carry out several consultation events to gather thoughts and feedback from local communities for two new Read more

Oaks are wonderful, majestic trees, enlivening the soul and igniting the imagination. They can live for more than a thousand years and support more wildlife than Read more

Living Woods director Andy Gray recently spent a day helping children and staff at Wark Primary School to establish a food forest garden. The apple trees Read more

Thanks to all you wonderful volunteers who helped us plant all these trees with the excellent people from Gibside Community Farm. What a great day! Our Read more

Living Woods North East celebrated the start of National Tree Week 2017 by planting hundreds of trees, in the first in a series of tree planting Read more