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Millenium wood, Stanmer Park
by Jessie Bayley 16 Jun '14

16 Jun '14

Hi ya, How you all doing? Hoping you're all well and things are moving forward in a good way for the woodlands project. I have a possible opportunity for you that you may be interested in. With my new ecotherapy project I have become a director at Stanmer Organics, who as you will know have the lease of a large area at the back of Stanmer Park. This includes the Millenium Wood and Stanmer Organics have a duty to maintain it. However all the groups are busy with their own plots and the woods have become a bit of a millstone. Would you as a group, or any of you as an individua,l be interested in taking on the Wood as a project? It would mean becoming a member of Stanmer Organics, with all that that entails, Soil association requirements etc, BUT it would mean you could draw up a plan for teh wood, the coppicing and use of it. As you probably know SO is a arts, therapy and community oriented, educative, co-op and there are really great things going on there. It isn't easy being a member, but the wood is a very productive space and the community of people up there is diverse and interesting. You would have to present a business plan and show what you intend to do with the wood and there is a membership fee (not that much), an annual rent (£190) and a deposit (£190) to pay. If you are at all interested let me know and I can find out more for you or put you onto someone who can tell you more. The wood is up for the using, and there is no one currently interested, you are the first to be offered the possibility, that I know of. Cheers all, Jess x

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A nice big chipper to make woodchip for power?
by Darren 19 May '14

19 May '14

or a nice mobile wood mill (bandsaw??) I know people who have got grants like this before and hardly used the stuff they bought..... https://www.gov.uk/government/news/20-million-for-farming-and-forestry-busi…

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Surrey and Sussex Coppice Group Events
by Darren 05 May '14

05 May '14

http://coppicegroup.wordpress.com/events_calendar/

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Minutes of Community Tree Project Meeting January 4th 2014
by Darren 04 Mar '14

04 Mar '14

**Action points -** ***Avery and Lenny go look at Nicks woods in Lewis** ***Avery price up screws etc. for barn building* *Spence and Avery to talk to Marion about her site near Preston Park *Draft a letter to send to landowners (low priority??) Letter**to landowners** **Woodland Burials** **Structure in Harveys/Nicks woodland** **Preston Park woods** Rapoports woodland **Shop space in Lewis High Street* *Letter**to landowners** *It would be good to draft a letter that could be given to land owners stating our ideas and that we are looking at land. There was some discussion about whether this is necessary right now as we have 3 sites where it looks like we may be able to do some stuff. There was some discussion about the best way to approach land owners. Purely as a forestry enterprise wanting access to woodland for timber/firewood or as a social project - is this going to be scary for land owners? *Woodland Burials** *Spence has been working on a proposal for a woodland burial service which would provide a complete service for people who are recently bereaved. His research has showed that there is a strong business case and that existing services are somewhat lacking in their sensitivity. *Structure in Harveys/Nicks woodland** *Harvey has asked if we would like to build a structure (barn?) with him in the woods that he operates near Barcombe. We decided this would be a nice thing to do. We can expect to have use of the structure and could build something simple with a few days work. One to cut the poles in the woods, one to erect the structure, one to do the roof. *Action points -** ***Avery and Lenny go look at the woods **for suitable timber/site ***Avery price up screws etc. for the barn building* *Preston Park woods** *Marion (the owner) has been away quite a bit but should be back now. Spences' ideas should be of interest as she considered having some burials on there a good way to protect the site from developers. We had a look at land registry maps and discussed the fact that the relatively small space available is going to limit burials and/or other activities there. *Action point**- ***Spence and Avery to talk to Marion about her site * *Rapoports woodland *We have the potential to get some long ash poles and a long spruce pole from a woodland near Gatwick. Any interest?? * * *Shop space in Lewis High Street* Avery has been exploring paying for a bit of wall space in a new garden centre/shop on Lewis High Street where we could promote the project.

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Re: [Tree-project-organise] Minutes of Community Tree Project Meeting January 4th 2014
by Spencer Thomas 26 Feb '14

26 Feb '14

Hi all Avery did manage to contact Marion beforen he went to Portugal and I am hoping to meet her next Monday to discuss possibility of using her area as a green burial site. I'll feedback what her reaction is; I've not even seen the site yet so keeping expectations in check....or trying to. Abbi, there's another costing the earth tonight on the detramental environmental effects of embalming. There is definitely a demand growing for a more acceptable way of dealing with our dead. The sustainability centre in East Meon sounds like the sort of model we might emulate? I think big companies are going to cash in soon on natural burial grounds and denigrate the whole thing..... If any one is interested there's a very good guide published by ministry of justice "Natural burial grounds, Guidance for operators" which is available online. Sp x abigailgibbs(a)yahoo.com wrote: >_______________________________________________ >Tree-project-organise mailing list >Tree-project-organise(a)lists.ourproject.org >https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tree-project-organise

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by avery howell 03 Jan '14

03 Jan '14

Hello darren, sorry I missed that second link. Touchwood looks like a perfect model and it looks like it is working which is good news. We keep coming back to the need to own the land or at least sign a lease for 10 years. Maybe that's the fact. Secure tenure means suddenly we have the freedom to move on any projects we want as and when. Lots to talk about. At the moment we have a vague verbal agreement with a tenant not an owner and personally I feel its a little whimsical . Maybe we need to get our ideas together and then approach nick ( if we like the woods there) and get a lease of our own. He was a solicitor I'm sure he can draft it up at minimal cost. So its real. Avery Just a thought. Sent from my iPhone

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Woodland, meet and other stuff
by Darren 01 Jan '14

01 Jan '14

I could make a meeting this weekend. Got some work to do in a small piece of woodland near Gatwick. A large Norway Spruce came down in the recent storm which needs cutting up and there is lots of very overgrown ash coppice there. Also possibly some oak could be cut. The owner wants firewood - I guess we could swap some cutting time for some wood. Looking on http://www.woodnet.org.uk/woodlots/round-timber-wanted for people who might be interested in timber I came across these located in Brighton wondered if there may be worth exploring if there is any possibilities for working with them? http://www.touchwoodtrees.co.uk/

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Fwd: Abbie, 7 new commercial properties for sale in BN1 3XG
by Darren 01 Jan '14

01 Jan '14

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