The Ancient Coppice: Foxhanger Wood

Tom Bliss, lecturer in Landscape Architecture at Leeds Beckett University, talks about his family’s ancient coppice, Foxhanger Wood, with his sister Anne Milner, their woodman, Ian Baldwin, and friend Annabel Watts, head gardener at nearby Munstead Wood, the home of Gertrude Jekyll.
Anne Milner (Bliss Irises): www.blissiris....
Ian Baldwin (Wey Valley Woodman): coppice-produc...
Annabel Watts (Munstead Wood): www.munsteadwo...
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[@mozdickson]

Thanks for caring so much for this superb woodland, doing the hard work, dealing with annoying people (!) and making beauty!

[@pauldurkee4764]

Beautiful woodland, and so nice to see coppicing and charcoal making still being practised.

[@itsjustmetomc4848]

That's such a beautiful looking wooded area I only wish I live near there to enjoy it. Thanks for sharing, shalom from Mesa, Arizona USA!

[@Neilhuny]

That fence at 3:46 was SUPERB!

[@kenleach2516]

Great watching and love for nature

[@anemone104]

In-cycle coppice - the holy grail and living proof that you can have excellent nature conservation value with economically-sustainable working (for product) as the main priority.
Having worked extensively in Surrey, I'm not surprised about the building of BMX jumps in woods. Can do huge damage, but there seems to be no 'formal' or non-damaging outlet for the energy and creativity exhibited in many cases.

[@jossgreen9318]

how fab!

[@bosse641]

Lovely little forest :o)

[@LarsKiel]

👌👍

[@raphlvlogs271]

Coppicing is a sustainable tradition.

[@bigrockmusicshop4547]

Not a good idea to mention badger sets from experience the less people that know the better !