George Eglese

We are pleased to share the plans for the first major tree-planting scheme at the land. This first phase focuses on the field to the left of the Beryl Burton Cycleway as you approach from Knaresborough. The design has grown from a workshop with wood-meadow ecologist Dan Carne, whose work centres on creating landscapes that are productive, biodiverse and grounded in local character. The plan brings together four complementary habitats, each chosen for what it can contribute to the wider...

We had a great meeting this morning with a new member of the team - Gordan - who we first met on one of our recent guided walks. He’s kindly been helping us dream up (and cost up!) a new suite of composting loos for the Garth. A very welcome upgrade from our current “bucket and hope” system! Before we could get down to business, though, we had a little job to do - moving the old telecom van that’s been quietly wedged beside the Bothy for far too long. With a bit of teamwork (and probably more...

We had another lovely turnout for our regular ramble the other weekend - a mix of familiar faces and new ones. It’s always good to see people coming together, chatting, sharing ideas and seeing the landscape change with the season. The air’s getting cooler now, the last cuts are being taken and the trees are starting to turn. There’s a sense of everything slowing down - but also of things quietly starting to grow beneath the surface. A few new ideas began to take shape on this walk, ones...

I almost didn’t see you. I was focused on the lady’s smock, its pale petals catching the spring light, when you revealed yourself -...

While walking on Butler Hill yesterday - a commanding mound on the edge of what was once the Royal Forest of Knaresborough - I came...

The other day, we spotted a pair of jackdaws setting up home in a hollow of an old ash tree near the Garth, its branches bare and twisted...

We had small mention in The Guardian Observer this weekend as part of a wider piece on rewilding in Britain and grateful to...

Each spring, the bluebells return, carpeting woodlands and hedgerows in a haze of violet-blue. This week, walking across the land, I...

'The Belmont Oak' This morning, a few of us were invited for a walk around Harrogate Golf Club, led by Head Greenkeeper Ken Ward....

Yesterday, we held our second guided walk, and once again, the turnout was incredible. It fills us with so much hope to see just how many...

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