The Land

BWT aims to create natural woodland and meadow, not a park or memorial garden.

Sponsored trees and benches are supplied with standard plaques. Friends of BWT voted overwhelmingly in 2005 against the planting of flowers or the placing of any extra features under trees on trust land, so familes are asked to leave their trees without additions.

Lists of Gifts are provided in strategic places.

The BWT land is managed under the guidance of BWT's Environment and Conservation Adviser, who is happy to answer email queries about conservation matters.

Understanding Woodland Wildlife. BWT has joined a two-year project headed by East Malling Research Centre carried out by leading woodland ecologists and funded by the Esme Fairbairn Trust. The project will survey five native woods in the South East to gather knowledge to improve the wildlife quality of woodland planted in the last twenty years or so. BWT land is being comprehensively surveyed for birds, bats, insects and plants. The results will be available to farmers and landowners in South East England who want to plant with the maximum value to wildlife in the future.