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What Happened To Our Wood
| Author: | Julian Evans |
| Published: | September 2002 |
| Price: | £19.95 inc. p&p |
| Format: | Hardback 208 pp, 76 illustrations |
| ISBN: | 978-0-9541947-0-3 |
Coming out in paperback in Autumn 2010 published by
Permanent Publications.
The story of a small Hampshire woodland at the end of the 20th Century. With illustrations by John White and Stephen Evans.
Foreword by ALAN TITCHMARSH.
Entertaining sketches in the life of a small woodland. What is owning a wood really like? For everyone who
enjoys the countryside and natural history.
Everything really happened, nothing has been made up. Anecdote, natural history and woodland crafts create
an enthralling account rich in humour and devotion.
From the Foreword by Alan Titchmarsh: 'Woodland is not all that it appears. And this is the fun of Julian's
book ... Good forestry practice sits alongside accounts of happenings and events ... [which] provides the story
and the intrigue.'
Fine line drawings by John White, artist and forester.
Ideal Christmas or Birthday present.
About the author
Julian Evans was formerly the Forestry Commission's Chief Research Officer (S) and is an expert
in managing broadleaved woodlands. He has written several books including a previous one about his wood
"A Wood of Our Own" Oxford, 1995, which has now been reprinted in paperback
by Permanent Publications.
- Has owned his Hampshire wood for 17 years
- Advises the Forestry and Timber Association on small woodlands
- Regularly writes on trees and small woods for Country Smallholding
The delightful story will be enjoyed by all who have natural history, the countryside and rural life at heart.
Contents
- The bomb
- What had happened before
- The key is at the signal box
- They're a bit frisky
- From air to air
- Open days and awards
- Are you sitting down?
- Thinning the beech
- Has the wood made money?
- Pruning for pleasure and profit
- The birch tree on Woking station
- The pond problem
- Coping with overgrown sycamore coppice
- Tanglewood
- Cleaning Taid's wood
- The badger incident
- The menace of the greys
- What happened to the brown oak
- 'All I want is a wood somewhere'
- Stewards of the wood
Reviews
"... the book is a delightful story beautifully produced, one to get lost in and of enormous appeal to
anyone who enjoys natural history, the countryside and all that rural life has to offer."
"We all know people who love their woods. It is rare to find someone who writes so
fluently and broadly for such a wide audience. It is a book for everyone with a genuine interest in
the countryside
at whatever level. I hope it inspires many."
Jane Karthaus, Forestry and Timber News
"Julian has obviously found woodland ownership to be an eventful and rewarding privilege bringing a rich
personal reward. [He] skilfully shares the practical and educational with the thoughtful, the exciting, the
personal and the spiritual. There is much human warmth and joy, but with sadness and personal loss too
that connects with something that is much more than just the ownership of a piece of property."
Alex Argyropulo, Smallwoods
"After reading this gentle account of wood-owning, you too will be wondering why you haven't thought of it
before ... Not only of interest to local inhabitants but a practical, informative guide to natural woodland
management, ideal for those seeking to return something to the earth - and what could be more important
than the nurture and planting of life-sustaining trees? ... This is a charming book accompanied by the
delightful pen and ink sketches of John White and the author's son, Stephen."
"This is the author's second book describing the recent life of his small wood of 30 acres in southern
England, and is a keenly observed collection of anecdotes and tips on woodland management, as seen through
the eyes of a scientist and naturalist ... The book abounds with humour and the author's love of the
English countryside is obvious, but it is at the same time a very useful guide to anyone who either has
a small woodland or is thinking of acquiring one ... Through it the author manages to tell us all what
it is really like to own a wood; how to manage it, how to care for it, but most of all how to appreciate it.
It is this concept of stewardship that shines through and is perhaps the book's most important message."
Alan Pottinger, International Forestry Review
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