We planted 675 trees and shrubs here on soil with low fertility, mainly loam and clay. There were some small areas of semi-natural ancient woodland nearby so this planting helped to link some of them. Birch, Aspen and Alder were planted in the wetter areas with Sessile Oak, Hazel and other tree species evenly throughout the planting area. Bird Cherry and shrubs were planted mostly at the periphery but with some throughout in clusters. Belts of Alders, Aspen and Rowan were planted around the edges of the woodland as windbreaks.
Trees were planted as bare rooted 40-60cm whips and were protected with 1.2m tree tubes and stakes in clusters of the same species, randomly spaced. Shrubs protected with 75cm shrub guards and stakes. Random gaps were left to provide open areas in the woodland.