New Opportunities for People and Nature

New Opportunities for People and Nature

Exciting times continue at Cambrian Wildwood! Having gained two new staff members in the autumn, we are now recruiting for a third new member to join our team. The new ...
A new chapter begins at Cambrian Wildwood

A new chapter begins at Cambrian Wildwood

A new chapter is about to begin at Cambrian Wildwood as we bid farewell to our current Project Director, Simon Ayres at the end of the year ...
Asylum seekers join Coetir Anian at festival

Asylum seekers join Coetir Anian at festival

Our asylum seeker friends from El Salvador, who regularly volunteer at the wildwood, attended Machynlleth’s El Sueño Existe festival. We joined them with our stall, making some good contacts ...
Maesycilyn Forestry Plan

Maesycilyn Forestry Plan

As Tilhill Forestry draw up plans for Maesycilyn, Coetir Anian considers how working together with our neighbours could create a more diverse future for this site. Anybody familiar with Bwlch ...
Yew Tree Pilgrimage

Yew Tree Pilgrimage

The inspiring story of a walking pilgrimage across Britain to gather stories of yew trees and raise money for Cambrian Wildwood. Cancer treatment uses a medicine derived from yew, which ...
Horses in glade

Tree Planting on Farms

Large corporates are buying up farms in Wales to plant trees on substantial areas. This is a real problem on many levels, and is not necessarily the most effective land ...
Volunteering and well-being: asylum seekers at the wildwood

Volunteering and well-being: asylum seekers at the wildwood

Volunteering on our monthly workdays is a great way to participate in the ecosystem restoration happening at Cambrian Wildwood. It is also very good for our physical and mental health ...
Tree Planting 2021

Tree Planting 2021

Tree planting has an important role in addition to relying on natural regeneration to increase tree numbers, due to the nature of the site. We use ‘no fence’ planting and ...
Sustainable Buildings at Cambrian Wildwood

Sustainable Buildings at Cambrian Wildwood

Roundwood timber frame structures have been completed - a shed for our land management activities and a compost loo for the convenience of visitors to the wildwood. Read about the ...
Going Back – can our society return to a sustainable economy?

Going Back – can our society return to a sustainable economy?

Another article in our series looking into human relationships with nature. Our civilisation is lost. Our ancestors and tribal people today can help us find our way back to a ...
Bog Restoration

Bog Restoration

A major piece of habitat restoration work to reinstate blanket bog and wet heath at Cambrian Wildwood. A fascinating account of the skilled work which took about 6 months to ...
Horses at Cambrian Wildwood

Horses at Cambrian Wildwood

The semi-wild herd of horses at the wildwood are part of the landscape. Insights into the decisions to introduce these herbivores, their role in the project and their story so ...