Where Do Our Trees Grow 

  Alex - October 06 

About our forest

Mynydd-Y-Garnedd, Wales

Right in the heart of Snowdonia, Mynydd-Y-Garnedd will link two existing National Nature Reserves through ‘new native woodland’. Mynydd-Y-Garnedd has been designed to grow from a combination of natural regeneration and new planting. The main species which are planted there are birch, sessile oak, rowan, willow, hazel and hawthorn – all grown from locally-sourced seed. The birch acts as a ‘pioneer’ species, growing quickly and improving the soil while the slower-growing other species catch up. 

To prepare the site a number of small non-indigenous conifers have been felled and the deadwood left to create a deadwood habitat. Finally, the wet heaths and rock outcrops at the site have been left unplanted as areas of open space, to create really diverse woodland with lots  of different wildlife habitats.