2025 Annual Report - Looking Back At 2025
In the midst of the fifth planting season, Protect Earth is looking back at the 2024/25 season, to take a look at all our sites. With 60 sites across the UK, Protect Earth has been pushing forward its
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Labour’s Attack On Nature
At the beginning Labour seemed to fulfill that promise, bringing eNGOs into Downing Street and listening. However, Labour didn’t seem to hear what they were saying, and the excitement of a new governm
Pucklechurch Wood - A New Council-Created Woodland in South Gloucestershire
Protect Earth helps landowners across the UK by offering expert advice, finding volunteers, planting trees, and checking on them annually to ensure good progress.
Protecting River Roding from Japanese Knotweed
Every habitat in the UK is at risk of being destroyed by invasive species. Woodlands, wetlands, grasslands, lakes, ponds, rivers, everything you can imagine is having a rough time thanks to various...
Rescuing Ancient Woodlands from Rhododendron
It interests us how many things we do are connected. Often it's one landowner recommending us to a neighbour, but this story links several services we offer.
Goytre Wood update: A Welsh woodland in progress
Creating a woodland on once overgrazed slopes near Knighton in Mid-Wales. The first woodland we're creating on land we own, biodiversity is already on the uptick.
Expanding Ancient Woodlands: When Does New Become Ancient?
Ancient woodlands are the crowned jewels of the UK’s natural landscapes. Rich in biodiversity and steeped in centuries of history, these woodlands hold a special place in conservation efforts. At...
What Lies Beneath: A Citizen Science Peek into High Wood's Soil Life
At Protect Earth, we tend to focus our energy on what's growing *above* ground—native trees, bursting buds, and woodlands full of potential. But at this year's High Wood Summer Fair, we had an...
Droughts on the Rise in the UK: What It Means for Our Saplings and the Future of Green Spaces
Droughts in the UK are nothing new—on average, we face one every 5 to 10 years. But lately, the frequency and severity of these dry spells are increasing, and that’s a big deal for the 140,000+...
Restoring Ancient Woodlands: A Practical Guide from High Wood
Ancient woodlands are living time capsules. Formed over centuries, their value runs deeper than their canopy—it's in the soil, fungi, veteran trees, and the species that evolved to call them home.
Protect Earth's Summer Fair Hits Its Stride at High Wood
What do Ninja Granny, willow sculptures, and a human fruit machine have in common? No, it's not the start of a fever dream—it's Protect Earth's third annual Summer Fair at High Wood, near Liskeard....
From Wild Swimmer to Woodland Guardian – Michael Joins the Team
Michael Cunningham joins Protect Earth as Project Manager, bringing BSc in Conservation, chainsaw certification, and dedication to support all our projects.
A Hedge, a Farmer, and a Few Good People: How 300 More Metres of Biodiversity Took Root in Nottinghamshire
Working with Reuseabox and a Nottinghamshire farmer to plant 1,000 saplings. Grassroots action and collaboration in action.
Balsam Bash: Why Yanking Weeds with BART Matters (and Why You’ll Want to Join Us Next Time)
Join Bristol Avon River Trust for a day-long effort restoring riverbanks by removing invasive Himalayan balsam from the River Frome.
Deep Roots: Ancient Woodlands Matter
Ancient woodlands are magical pockets of nature continuously wooded since at least 1600, surviving monarchs, industrial revolutions, and bad landscaping decisions.
Planting Trees, Making Friends, and Laughing in the Mud: A Wild Weekend with Screech Owl Sanctuary
Screech Owl Sanctuary secured woodland creation funding and invited Protect Earth for a bit of tree planting. Our response was somewhere between gleeful and muddy.
The South West Gains Another Hedgerow and Becomes a Little Greener
This February, we returned to South Molton at the request of a brilliant landowner whose smallholding has become a little greener every time we visit. Our [previous...
The Art of the Hedge: Reviving Traditional Hedge Management with Hands-On Hedge Laying Training Courses
Picture the countryside and there's likely a hedge—marking roadsides, giving dappled views. Hedgerows are ingrained in our countryside, yet they're disappearing.
Bringing Back the Beavers: A Natural Solution to a Man-Made Crisis
Beavers, absent from UK since the 1500s, are returning. These keystone species boost biodiversity, help defend against floods, and purify water - for free.
Case Study: Supporting Menston Area Nature Trust with Invasive Species Management
Protect Earth partners with Menston Area Nature Trust to manage invasive rhododendron species damaging native wildlife habitat in East Wood, West Yorkshire.
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