Events

This is a page to publish the dates of upcoming events in the wood

• 15th June 2024 - Group visit to the wood

• 14 - 19 June 2024 - Artweek

• 9th May 2024 - Group visit to the wood

• 29th March 2024 -  Tree Planting Day. Planting conifers for screening.

• 1st March 2024 - Tree Planting Day attended by local Autism groups. Planting bare root trees (Alder, Aspen & Silver Birch).

• January 2024 - Christmas Tree recycling day. Hopefully as many people as possible will bring used live Christmas trees to plant in the mixed woodland area of the wood. Used live Christmas trees will be very useful for screening and filling up gaps by the road where Ash trees had to be removed. We have tried 2 already and they grow well here so they will provide an easy solution for getting some new trees planted that will grow easily.

• 21st December 2023 - Winter Solstice Fire

• November 2023 - Tree planting

• 4 November 2023 - Fireworks at the wood

• 31 October 2023 - Halloween  - we will do the dance from the Thriller video in the wood and are welcoming the help of an Autistic choreographer.

• 23rd September 2023 - Autumn Equinox Fire

• September 2023 - Timber milling and bird box making using Ash logs from the wood. Also making an outdoor oak table with Oak planks milled from old oak logs from the wood.

• 31st July - 3rd August - The Autscape Conference at Hayes Conference Center Middlesex Derbyshire. There will be a display stand and a presentation about the Autism Woodland Project.

• 30th June 2023 - Autism Ambassadors camp out

• 21st June 2023 - Summer Solstice Fire

• 29th May - 17th June 2023 - An Autistic Woodsman/Tree Surgeon/Chainsaw Instructor is visiting the wood and hopes to meet up with other Autistic people.

• 20th March 2023 - Spring Equinox Fire

• January - March 2023 - The wood has a rest during the colder wetter months. People can recycle their rooted Christmas trees and plant them in the wood. If people want to plant trees in the wood this is a great way to do it. A tree can be enjoyed over Christmas and then become part of Christmas Common in the mixed woodland area of the wood.

• 21st December 2022 - Winter Solstice Celebration at the wood. This is the highlight of the winter calendar at the wood. There will be a fire at the stone circle. Candles in jars and candle lanterns will be lit across the wood (this is called the lighting of the beacons). 

• 3rd November 2022 - Day out in Bideford to do Christmas shopping at the charity shops

• 1st November 2022 - The inaugural woodland bonfire night with a fire up at the stone circle, fireworks and possibly the launch of a giant rocket set to recordings of the NASA control room

• 13th October 2022 - Our first Autism group, Autangel will visit the wood

• September 2022 - New people are coming to camp in the wood

• 10th August 2022 - The Autism Woodland Project presentation at this Years Autscape Conference at the Tissington Room in the Lakeside Block at The Hayes Conference Centre Derbyshire.

• July 2022 - New people have started visiting the wood

• May 2022 - The wood is open for people to visit the wood. 

• 5th January 2022 - Christmas Tree planting day. A day where people can plant their rooted Christmas Trees in the wood.

• 3rd January 2022 - Woodland Picnic Support Group picnic

• 25th December 2021 - The inaugural Christmas Dinner at the wood

• 24th December 2021 - Craig Charles mentioned the Woodland Project on the afternoon show on BBC 6 music. He asked people to text in what they were doing over Christmas. I texted in and managed to get a mention for the Autism Woodland Project Christmas dinner. You can hear the mention at BBC Sounds for five weeks at the link below and it is at the 1:53:13 position. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0012n2b

• 21st December 2021 - Midwinter/shortest day celebration

• 15th December 2021 - Woven willow fence building day

• 2nd December 2021 - Day out in Bideford to do Christmas shopping at the charity shops and have a meal at an outdoor cafe

• 29th November 2021 - Hedge planting day to plant 75 Hawthorn, Blackthorn & Wild Rose to create an edible hedge

• 10th November 2021 - Woodland Picnic Support Group picnic

• 22nd October 2021 - Woodland Picnic Support Group picnic

• 7th October 2021 - first Woodland Picnic Support Group picnic

• 5th September 2021 - Pond building day to create the Infinity Symbol Pond