Brownhouse Farm
Brownhouse Farm in Ashleyhay is one of Derbyshire’s Heartwood Community Forest’s largest schemes to date, creating new routes and shelter for wildlife along safe green corridors.
Heage Primary School, Belper
Heage Primary School is set in a rural landscape, with open playing fields and a strong connection to its local community. Like many primary schools, it is a place where outdoor space plays an important role and where there was clear potential to introduce trees that would grow alongside the pupils.
Sudbury Hall, National Trust
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.
Brookside Farm, Matlock
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, Dronfield
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.
Tibshelf Ponds and Greenway
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.
Drakes Wood, Denby
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, Whitwell
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.