From farm hedgerows to community orchards, Heartwood projects are transforming land across Derbyshire. Take a look at some of the schemes we’ve delivered below.
Find out more about our vision for Derbyshire’s Heartwood Community Forest, including our strategic aims, key policies and plans for delivery over the next 25 years.
At National Trust Sudbury Hall, a new area of parkland is being given a refresh with tree planting. Just under five hectares that previously offered limited engagement for visitors is being reshaped into a space people can move through, spend time in, and enjoy throughout the year.
Just north of Matlock, a busy family farm borders a main road and enjoys the presence of the River Amber below. A field above the river is often boggy and the landowner saw an opportunity to strengthen the soil with tree planting.
Roots Allotments sits nestled on the edge of Dronfield, with wonderful views across Derbyshire and the Peak District. As the allotment site began to grow in popularity, it became clear that trees and hedgerows could play an important role in shaping the space and the busy community using it.
Two nearby green spaces in Tibshelf, both shaped by the area’s mining past, have now been brought forward together with thoughtful woodland creation led by Derbyshire’s Heartwood Community Forest.
Drake’s Wood, just north of Denby, was once an open agricultural field, typical of the wider landscape of irregular pastures and sparse hedgerows. When the current landowners bought the site two years before, they had a clear intention to transform the land into healthy woodland.
Bondhay Golf Club had unused land between the 15th green and 16th tee on their Devonshire Course. This area of slowly regenerating grassland wasn’t contributing to play but had potential for environmental improvement.
