Shinfield Walk, May 2011

Events

The WDVTA organises events for members and non-members throughout the year. In recent years these events have included trips to Kew Gardens, Burnham Beeches, Windsor Great Park and Reading University's Whiteknights Park.

We have run a number of training events on topics such as tree identification, lichens, woodland and veteran tree archaeology, and we also publicise tree-related events local to Wokingham which have been arranged by other organisations. A 'Trees in Literature' evening, a celebration of trees in poetry and prose organised with the support of Wokingham Literary Society, took place in January last year.

Coming events
Ashampstead Common - Creating Veteran tree halos - Tuesday 14 February 2012 10 am. Come and help Dick Greenaway clear and create a new veteran tree halo in this beautiful woodland. Meet at the car park, Ashampstead Common. Grid ref: SU 587 751 Organised by the West Berkshire Countryside Society
Winter Twig ID Workshop - Saturday 18 February 2012 10 am to 1 pm, Loddon Room Dinton Pastures. Julie Kerans, Botanist and Oxfordshire Biodiversity Data Officer TVERC and Philippa Burrell, Interim Director TVERC. We ran this workshop some time ago and it was excellent. Places limited to 20 on a first come, first served basis (members priority). There is no charge for this training. The Dragonfly cafe on site will be open for lunch when training finishes. To book a place email Kerry: honsec@wdvta.org.uk
Ashampstead Common - Clearing Veteran tree halos - Tuesday 6 March 2012 10 am. Come and help Dick Greenaway clear lop and top from halos around veteran trees in this beautiful woodland. Meet at The Cottage, Ashampstead Common. Grid ref: SU 5768 7511 Organised by the West Berkshire Countryside Society
Tree spotting - Burnham Beeches - Tuesday 20 March 2012 Time: morning, duration: 2 hours Tree identification is doubly difficult when they're naked. That is, unless you're with the Rangers! Get 'spot on' with our common species, and then have a crack at some less common specimens. Sorry, no dogs. Bookings will be taken from four weeks before the activity. The details of where and when to meet will be given out when you book. To book, call the office on 01753 647358 or email burnham.beeches@cityoflondon.gov.uk
WDVTA Annnual General Meeting - Wednesday 21 March 2012 Time: 19:30 - 21:30 Loddon Room, Dinton Pastures The meeting will include a presentation of the Report on the Wokingham Town Tree Survey.
Trees at Herschel Park - Sunday, 25 March 2012 Time: 14:00 - 15:30 Come along to Herschel Park for a late winter / early spring stroll and take a closer look at the trees of the park with Tony Down, Herschel Park Management Officer. Meet at the park kiosk for this 1-1.5 hour event.

Coming events

Ashampstead Common - Creating Veteran tree halos - Tuesday 14 February 2012

10 am.

Come and help Dick Greenaway clear and create a new veteran tree halo in this beautiful woodland. Meet at the car park, Ashampstead Common. Grid ref: SU 587 751

Organised by the West Berkshire Countryside Society

Winter Twig ID Workshop - Saturday 18 February 2012

10 am to 1 pm, Loddon Room Dinton Pastures.

Julie Kerans, Botanist and Oxfordshire Biodiversity Data Officer TVERC and Philippa Burrell, Interim Director TVERC.

We ran this workshop some time ago and it was excellent. Places limited to 20 on a first come, first served basis (members priority). There is no charge for this training. The Dragonfly cafe on site will be open for lunch when training finishes.

To book a place email Kerry: honsec@wdvta.org.uk

Ashampstead Common - Clearing Veteran tree halos - Tuesday 6 March 2012

10 am.

Come and help Dick Greenaway clear lop and top from halos around veteran trees in this beautiful woodland. Meet at The Cottage, Ashampstead Common. Grid ref: SU 5768 7511

Organised by the West Berkshire Countryside Society

Tree spotting - Burnham Beeches - Tuesday 20 March 2012

Time: morning, duration: 2 hours

Tree identification is doubly difficult when they're naked. That is, unless you're with the Rangers! Get 'spot on' with our common species, and then have a crack at some less common specimens. Sorry, no dogs.

Bookings will be taken from four weeks before the activity. The details of where and when to meet will be given out when you book. To book, call the office on 01753 647358 or email burnham.beeches@cityoflondon.gov.uk

WDVTA Annnual General Meeting - Wednesday 21 March 2012

Time: 19:30 - 21:30

Loddon Room, Dinton Pastures

The meeting will include a presentation of the Report on the Wokingham Town Tree Survey.

Trees at Herschel Park - Sunday, 25 March 2012

Time: 14:00 - 15:30
Come along to Herschel Park for a late winter / early spring stroll and take a closer look at the trees of the park with Tony Down, Herschel Park Management Officer.

Meet at the park kiosk for this 1-1.5 hour event.