Coppicing can give you fence posts, stakes, and long branches to use in garden fencing, for plant supports, and in other projects. It can also give you firewood for a wood burner or rocket mass stove.

Coppicing may seem, on paper, a somewhat brutal pruning technique as trees or shrubs are cut back to the ground. However, it is a historic and beneficial method of managing plants that comes with ...

Coppicing fell out of fashion here later in the 20th century because of labour costs and cheaper imports. But for a gardener wanting some firewood or beanpoles, ...

Coppicing means the regular cutting back of all shoots and top growth right down to a stump or 'stool'. This is always done in the winter months and so, as with all winter pruning, ...

Apart from the enjoyment of making household items out of stems, coppicing trees and shrubs has aesthetic and eco benefits for gardens. Skip to main content Skip to navigation.

National Trust to use coppicing in bid to boost nightingale numbers in Suffolk It will be the first time the technique has been used at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk since 1987. Sam Russell.

Much has been written about crape murder and the practice of “topping” trees. Unfortunately, at this time of year, the work of tree hackers, both professional and layman, is evident jus… ...

Coppicing is our longest established form of woodland management, with surviving examples up to 10,000 years old. It was the dominant form of silviculture in Britain until well into the 19th century.

Coppicing is a traditional method of woodland management, which allows new shoots to grow from the stump or roots of a tree after it is cut down. The team will be cutting back willow and hazel, ...

Coppicing works by cutting trees down to a short stump in areas of woodland on a rotation, encouraging new growth and creating a variety of trees of different ages.

It will be the first time the technique has been used at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk since 1987. Coppicing work takes place at Sutton Hoo (National Trust Images/Darren Olley/PA) The nightingale ...

Coppicing work takes place at Sutton Hoo (National Trust Images/Darren Olley/PA) Sam Russell. 28 February 2023. Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for exclusive competitions, offers and theatre ...