South West Community Woodlands Trust 

Two weekends are planned to undertake coppicing near Taliesin - hopefully this wood will play an important role in the upcoming Easter Courses, as well as being an excellent form of woodland management.

We will be coppicing weekends of 13th and 14th Feb and 27th 28th Feb in Potterland Wood  11am straight up from the car park or up the forestry track from the bridge just past Taliesin. Phone for details if not sure where to go,

Information on forthcoming courses is now posted on the Courses pages of the website.

Ed's photos of the AGM on 10th January can now be seen on the Winter 2009/2010 Gallery page.

Due to the likelihood of a light frost (!!) we will be doing light maintenance and collecting firewood between 11am and 1pm, rather than digging in the pond all day. Everyone still welcome and the AGM on Sunday 10th at 11am followed by a Bring and Share lunch is still as planned.

The AGM will be on Sunday 10th January at 11am and all are welcome, followed by a bring and share lunch.

Also the weekend of the 9th and 10th of January will be a maintenance weekend at Taliesin. We will be tackling various winter jobs such as removing redundant tree protectors, demolishing knotweed, and maintaining and developing paths.
You are welcome for any or all of this weekend - don't worry if you are new to it - there will be plenty of different things to do and plenty of people to show you the ropes.

The Easter courses will be on the 2nd - 4th April 2010 and the Autumn Courses will be on the 8th - 10th October 2010.

Information will be updated on the courses page as soon as more details are available.

Click here to see more information about local forestry information including a link to to Ed's informative page about coppicing, including general coppicing information and also a more local take on this valuable practice.

Photos are starting to come in of the latest Autumn Gathering which was a fantastic weekend. You can see them in our Gallery for Autumn 2009.
The weather was very kind (what -  no floods or other apocalypses??) and the usual blend of peace and activity prevailed. Some amazing objects were created under the watchful eyes of our resident tutors  - one of the nicest things about a gathering weekend at Taliesin is that afterwards there always seems to be more beautiful things in the world than there were before....

Pictures of the kayak building course have now been added to the Autumn 2008 Gallery page

The Geograph Project aims to collect representative images form each square kilometre of the British Isles. Ed has been sharing some pictures of Taliesin at NX7955.

He also notes with pleasure that the Scots pines (and here) at the top of the recently felled Potterland Hill (overlooking Taliesin from the East) have been left standing and new regeneration growth is emerging. 

The Geograph also includes a fabulous shot of the new pond loop which really sets it in the landscape.

This would be a good shot to repeat regularly and watch the ponds merge into the environment.