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 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
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
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 ...
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 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 ...
Open Day and Launch of UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
The United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030 was launched on 5th June. Cambrian Wildwood is a partner of this UN initiative and we held our Open Day to coincide ...
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
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 ...
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
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 ...
Supporting Children and Young People During COVID19
With the in-school sessions and site visits and youth camps all cancelled from April 2020, Cambrian Wildwood came up with other ways of supporting children and young people. Early in ...
