Local people making their corner of rural Britain unique
This week
SaturdayÌý13 December
Repeated ThursdayÌý18 December
Helen MarkÌýis in Warwickshire finding out if Britain'sÌýstanding as one of theÌýleast wooded countries in Europe isÌýchanging.Ìý
In this week’s Open Country, Helen Mark is in Warwickshire to investigate why the UK is one of the lowest wooded countries in Europe and if this is about to change.
Only around 4 percent of Britain is covered in woodland, which compares to 25 percent high tree cover in countries such as Germany, France and Italy.
But are we witnessing a change? More and more people are now owning and managing woodlands than before and Media Mogul, is creating what could become the largest native forest in Britain.
Felix Dennis has already planted 1000 acres with our great trees, such as oak, beech and silver birch. He plans to plant 20 thousand acres and even hopes one day to have planted 50 thousand acres.
Helen travels to the home of Felix Dennis to find out what is driving him to plant so many trees and his plan for the future of the Forest of Dennis.
On a much smaller scale, David Baron owns 18 acres of ancient woodland in Claverdon which he manages himself.
Helen also visits a wood of a different kind,Ìý in Evesham, where she is joined by Debbie Nichols from the Woodland Trust. Eoves Wood is a community wood. The money to buy the land and the trees was raised locally and it is managed and used by the community.
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