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Forestry Commission events

A calendar of online and face-to-face Forestry Commission events, and details of shows and exhibitions we are attending.

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Forestry Commission
Published
17 November 2022
Last updated
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Applies to England

We attend a range of events to give advice on planting woodland, and what grants are available.

We also hold training events and webinars on specific funding schemes and areas of forestry. We encourage you to sign up in advance to ensure your place.

We update this events page regularly.

Upcoming events

Tree Production Capital Grant (TPCG) 바카라 사이트榟ow to apply바카라 사이트� webinar

Date: 4 June 2025 (online)

Our grants team will guide you through the TPCG application process, sharing hints, tips and advice on applying. The TPCG supports tree nurseries and tree seed suppliers to improve the productivity and resilience of their operations. Sign up to the .

Royal Cornwall Show

5 to 7 June 2025

The Forestry Commission will be at the . Talk to us about woodland creation, the benefits of woodland on your farm and the grants and incentives available.

Seed Sourcing Grant (SSG) 바카라 사이트榟ow to apply바카라 사이트� webinar

Date: 12 June 2025 (online)

We바카라 사이트檒l guide you through the SSG application process, sharing hints, tips and advice on applying. The SSG is open to individual landowners as well as small and large organisations with projects that increase the quality, quantity and diversity of seed stands and orchards available for seed collection. Sign up to the .

Lincolnshire Show

18 June 2025

The Forestry Commission will be joining the Lincolnshire Wolds National Landscape stand at the . Our Land Use Advisor Phillip will be available to discuss the opportunities woodland can offer your business and the grants available.

Healthy Woodlands in the South East: Bedgebury Forest

Date: 28 June 2025

Learn about tree health issues including eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus), oak processionary moth, sweet chestnut blight and ash dieback. Our Plant Health team will share best practice for woodland owners with a Q&A session and a walk to see healthy woodlands in practice. Find out more and book your place for .

Ash dieback: response and resilience

1 July 2025 (North Yorkshire)

Join us for a knowledge exchange event where we will explore practical responses to the challenges posed by ash dieback. Talks lead by local expects will be followed with a visit to Robson Spring Wood for a series of field-based discussions. .

Groundswell

2 to 3 July 2025 (Hertfordshire)

The Forestry Commission will be at the agricultural festival . Come and find us at the Natural England stand and talk to us about the benefits of woodland on your farm.

Kent County Show

Dates: 4 to 6 July 2025

Come and talk to us about woodland creation and management and the benefits of woodland on your farm. Find out about our grants and incentives for farmers and landowners. Book your place at the .

Great Yorkshire Show

Dates: 8 to 11 July 2025

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Tendring Show

Date: 12 July 2025 (Essex)

We will be on hand to discuss聽woodland creation and the benefits of woodland on your farm and the grants and incentives available. Learn more and book a place at the .

Stansted Summer Festival

19 to 20 July 2025 (Hampshire)

The Forestry Commission will be at the . Come along and talk to us about the benefits of woodland on your farm.

Bucks County Show

28 August 2025 (Buckinghamshire)

Come and talk to the Forestry Commission at the about the benefits of woodland on your farm and the grants and incentives available.

Alresford Show

6 September 2025 (Hampshire)

Visit the Forestry Commission stand at the where we will be on hand to answer any queries on woodland creation, management and tree health.

Agroforestry Show

Dates: 10 to 11 September 2025 (Hertfordshire)

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Previous recorded events

Ash dieback and the Tree Health Pilot

This webinar hosted by the Forestry Commission details the ash dieback grant offer within the Tree Health Pilot.

Societal benefits of trees, woods and forests in England

This webinar hosted by Forest Research looks at work by the Society and Environment Research Group on the societal benefits of trees, woods, and forests in England.

Red Squirrels and forestry operations

This webinar hosted by the Forestry Commission offers advice on how to plan and carry out forest operations in woodlands to minimise the possible impacts on red squirrels.

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Updates to this page

Published 17 November 2022
Last updated 4 June 2025 show all updates

  1. Added 7 events: Royal Cornwall Show (5 June), Lincolnshire Show (18 June), Ash dieback: response and resilience (1 July), Groundswell (2 July), Stansted Summer Festival (19 July), Bucks County Show (28 August) and Alresford Show (6 September).

  2. Removed the event 'Healthy Woodlands in the South East: Crawley Down' as it's cancelled.

  3. Removed past events.

  4. Added Rural Communities Funding Webinar, Northumberland County Show, and Suffolk Show.

  5. Added 3 x Healthy Woodlands in the South East events.

  6. Added Agroforestry Open Weekend 2025, Oxford Real Farming Conference, Kent County Show and Tendring Show.

  7. Added Tree Health Clinic.

  8. Added 4 events for the recently opened tree and seed production grants: Tree Production Innovation Fund (TPIF) knowledge transfer webinars, Tree Production Innovation Fund (TPIF) 바카라 사이트榟ow to apply바카라 사이트� webinar, Tree Production Capital Grant (TPCG) 바카라 사이트榟ow to apply바카라 사이트� webinar and Seed Sourcing Grant (SSG) 바카라 사이트榟ow to apply바카라 사이트� webinar.

  9. Added 2 events: Great Yorkshire Show and Agroforestry Show.

  10. Added Towards the London Tree Ring on 28 March.

  11. Added Bridging Borders: Forestry Conference.

  12. Removed old events.

  13. Added events: 'Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier webinar', 5 x Farming Roadshows (Faversham, Woodchurch, Edenbridge, West Sussex and East Sussex), 'Forestry Agents' Forum - South East and London', and 'Unlocking opportunities for farm businesses: productive forestry'.

  14. Added NFU Conference and Low Carbon Agriculture Show.

  15. Added Kent Farming Conference, Norfolk Farming Conference, Lincolnshire Farming Conference and Isle of Wight Farming Conference.

  16. Added LAMMA Show 15 to 16 January.

  17. Added Oxford Real Farming Conference.

  18. Added the event Woodland Creation and Deer Management (27 November).

  19. Added the event 'Benefits and incentives for new woodland planting' on 11 November.

  20. Added Farm Business Innovation Show. Changed the dates for 'Forestry Facing the Future: eDNA, ecosystems and international commitments' from October 2024 to February 2025.

  21. Removed out of date events.

  22. Added Midlands Machinery Show.

  23. Added a series of online events from: "Forestry Facing the Future: a 50-year horizon scan".

  24. Added Woodland Creation - Delivering your EWCO Project, Chichester Ploughing Match, and Woodland Condition Assessment webinar.

  25. Events added: Call For Land Summit and Woodland Communications Day.

  26. Added: Halstead Ploughing Match, Managing deer across the English landscape, Basingstoke and District Ploughing Match, British National Ploughing Championships and Borderway Agri Expo.

  27. Added: Hampshire Countryside Day, East Kent Ploughing Match, West Grinstead Ploughing Match, Weald of Kent Ploughing Match, Brailsford Ploughing Match, Herefordshire Rural Business Advice Day and West Country Farming and Machinery Show.

  28. Added: Farmers Weekly: Alternative Land Use, Pie in a Pub: Carbon and Woodland Talk and The Dairy Show.

  29. Added The Collingham Show and Southwell Ploughing Match.

  30. Added Westmorland County Show and Tenbury Show.

  31. Added Driffield Show.

  32. Added events: Edenbridge & Oxted Agricultural Show, Alresford Show, Moreton-in-Marsh Show, Hampshire Country Sports Day, Newbury Show and National Forestry Conference 2024.

  33. Removed the event 'Next Generation Pizza & Pimms (Cumbria)', now postponed.

  34. Removed past events.

  35. Removed outdated events.

  36. Removed outdated events and changed the date for the Woodland Creation and Deer Management event.

  37. outdated events removed.

  38. Added ICF Agroforestry Day and Woodland Creation and Deer Management in Shropshire.

  39. Corrected error with date: changed Cheshire Show from July to June.

  40. Added Bucks County Show, Royal Cheshire County Show and Kent County Show.

  41. Added: Royal Bath and West Show, Royal Cornwall Show, Devon County Show Awards, Burwarton Show, and Wiltshire Game & Country Fair.

  42. Added events: Nottinghamshire County Show, Cereals 2024, CLA North: Next Generation Pizza & Pimms, Royal Norfolk Show and Lincolnshire Show.

  43. Added Suffolk Show.

  44. Added Heathfield Agricultural Show.

  45. Added events: Alternative Land Uses: Agroforestry, Land agent and advisor EWCO training day, Northumberland County Show, Transition Live and updated information for the Association of Professional Foresters event.

  46. Added the following events: National Shooting Show and Honley Show.

  47. Removed old events.

  48. Added East Lancashire trees and woodland advice drop-in.

  49. Added events: Association of Professional Foresters (APF 2024) and Groundswell.

  50. Added Tendring Show and Essex Young Farmers' Show.

  51. Added Woodland Creation Clinic and East Anglian Game & Country Fair.

  52. Past events removed.

  53. Added West Midlands Combined Authority 13 March.

  54. Added NFU Conference (NFU24) 20-22 February.

  55. Removed past events.

  56. Added event details for Rootstock Conference (14 February) and Great Yorkshire Show (9 July).

  57. Added new events for 6, 8, 13 and 15 February.

  58. Added the 'Grow your business' event for 7 February.

  59. Added 3 events: 24 January, 6 and 20 February 2024.

  60. Added 2 events: 15 January 2024 and 1 February 2024.

  61. Removed past events and added the Project WIDGET event on 24 and 30 January 2024.

  62. Added CLA roadshow events 11 - 14 December.

  63. Added a video link to the HS2 Woodland Fund webinar.

  64. Added new events in December.

  65. New events added

  66. Updated with new events

  67. New events added

  68. More events added

  69. Added an event

  70. Added further events

  71. Added events in August and September

  72. Added a new event

  73. Added a show

  74. Updated with two new events in July

  75. Updated to reflect events in June and July 2023

  76. Updated to reflect events in April, May and June 2023

  77. New events added for February and March 2023.

  78. First published.

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