Guidance

Forestry Commission events

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

From:
Forestry Commission
Published
17 November 2022
Last updated
10 December 2025 — See all updates

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

Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier: PAWS, ASNW and resilience supplements

14 January 2026 (online)

Join us to learn more about using supplements CWS2, CWS8 and CWS5 as part of Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier applications. Designed for applicants and agents, we’ll be sharing the differences between the three CSHT non-stackable supplements and where they can be used. Book your place on the CSHT supplements webinar.

Woodland Trust tree giveaway collection day

21 January 2026 (Norfolk)

The Forestry Commission will be at the Woodland Trust Tree Giveaway day at Gressenhall from 10am to 3pm.

Farming your woodlands: unlocking the potential of your woods

4 February 2026 (Northumberland)

Join the Forestry Commission, The Farmer Network and Iain Kyle Forestry to explore how woodlands can boost your farm business. Discover practical opportunities for existing and new woodlands, from generating income to improving productivity and resilience. Book your place at Farming your woodlands to unlock the full potential of trees for your farm.

Planning to planting: designing your woodland

4 March 2026 (online)

Aimed at land managers and farmers considering planting for the first time, this virtual event will cover what to consider when designing your new woodland. Giving you the confidence to design a scheme that is sympathetic to the landscape, while meeting your objectives and complying with the UK Forestry Standard. Book your place on the designing your woodland webinar.

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.

Watch the video: Ash dieback and the Tree Health Pilot (webinar)

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.

Watch the video: Societal benefits of trees, woods and forests (webinar)

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.

Watch the video: Red squirrels and forestry operations (webinar)

Search our YouTube channel for more previous events.

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Updates to this page

Published 17 November 2022
Last updated 10 December 2025 show all updates

  1. Removed past events and added 2 new events: Woodland Trust tree giveaway collection day and Farming your woodlands.

  2. Deleted past events.

  3. Removed past events and added 3 webinars: Writing species management plans for grey squirrels and deer; Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier: PAWS, ASNW and resilience supplements; Planning to planting: designing your woodland;

  4. Removed past events and added 2 new events: Britain’s Forest Future: Research-Practice Exchange and Confor UK Policy Conference.

  5. Removed past events and added 5 new events: Midlands Machinery Show, Tree selection and grants – a woodland event, Best Practice Venison Forum and 2x Woodland Giveaway days.

  6. Added the Farm Business Innovation Show.

  7. Removed past events and added a new online event: Planning to planting: first steps towards woodland creation.

  8. Removed past event.

  9. Removed past events.

  10. Added 8 events: Trees on farm: resilience and connectivity, Farming roadshow: support and resilience - Thame, Protecting trees from mammal damage, Farming roadshow: support and resilience - Wantage, Farming roadshow: support and resilience - Southampton, Woodland creation - delivering your EWCO project, Farming roadshow: support and resilience - Isle of Wight and Farming roadshow: support and resilience - Petersfield.

  11. Added Trees and woodlands as nature based solutions (21 Oct) and Woodland creation and management: best practice for game (23 Oct).

  12. Removed past events and added 1 new event, titled 'Trees on your land: planning, planting and managing'.

  13. Removed past events and published 4 events as part of the series 'Discover support and opportunities for tree planting'.

  14. Added 'Farm diversification and resilience workshop' at Yeomadon Farm.

  15. Removed past events.

  16. Removed past events.

  17. Removed a past event.

  18. Added two new events: a farm walk at The Grower Tree Nursery, and a farm resilience workshop at Grascott Farm.

  19. Removed past events and added 7 new events: Farm walk and talk, Farm walk at Orchard Park Farms, West Grinstead Ploughing Match, Collingham Show, East Kent Ploughing Match, Brailsford Ploughing Match and Woodland communications day.

  20. Added the Westmorland County Show, Herefordshire Rural Hub Business Advice Day and National Tree Officers Conference.

  21. Deleted an event that has passed.

  22. Added Weald of Kent Ploughing Match.

  23. Removed expired events.

  24. Added Burwarton Show.

  25. Removed outdated events and updated the link for the National Forestry Conference.

  26. Added the National Forestry Conference.

  27. 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).

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

  29. Removed past events.

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

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

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

  33. Added Tree Health Clinic.

  34. 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) ‘how to apply’ webinar, Tree Production Capital Grant (TPCG) ‘how to apply’ webinar and Seed Sourcing Grant (SSG) ‘how to apply’ webinar.

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

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

  37. Added Bridging Borders: Forestry Conference.

  38. Removed old events.

  39. 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'.

  40. Added NFU Conference and Low Carbon Agriculture Show.

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

  42. Added LAMMA Show 15 to 16 January.

  43. Added Oxford Real Farming Conference.

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

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

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

  47. Removed out of date events.

  48. Added Midlands Machinery Show.

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

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

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

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

  53. 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.

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

  55. Added The Collingham Show and Southwell Ploughing Match.

  56. Added Westmorland County Show and Tenbury Show.

  57. Added Driffield Show.

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

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

  60. Removed past events.

  61. Removed outdated events.

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

  63. outdated events removed.

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

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

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

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

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

  69. Added Suffolk Show.

  70. Added Heathfield Agricultural Show.

  71. 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.

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

  73. Removed old events.

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

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

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

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

  78. Past events removed.

  79. Added West Midlands Combined Authority 13 March.

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

  81. Removed past events.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  88. Added CLA roadshow events 11 - 14 December.

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

  90. Added new events in December.

  91. New events added

  92. Updated with new events

  93. New events added

  94. More events added

  95. Added an event

  96. Added further events

  97. Added events in August and September

  98. Added a new event

  99. Added a show

  100. Updated with two new events in July

  101. Updated to reflect events in June and July 2023

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

  103. New events added for February and March 2023.

  104. First published.

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