Our 25th Anniversary was celebrated in style at the annual Gipton Wood Summer Fayre on June 7th. This include a nature trail, treasure hunt and, woodland crafts with delicious home made cakes , roasted marshmallows over a fire pit and hotdogs. A lovely community event enjoyed by over 150 people.
Our winter wreath workshop on 6 December 2025, as part of our Rhythms of Nature series, was a great success! Using foraged foliage from Gipton Wood, families made some beautiful wreaths to hang from their doors, while enjoying seasonal refreshments including winter spiced hot chocolate, festive music and a campfire to keep us warm and…
We Leapt into Spring on 7 March at our Rhythm of Nature community event! The sun was shining and there were exciting signs of spring all around the wood to notice and explore. We created woodland crafts using a range of woodworking tools and then decorating with wools and pens. The tap tap tapping of the…
Thank you to everyone who completed our consultation survey and provided feedback on proposals for Gipton Wood. We’re thrilled that 92% of respondents supported all or most of the proposals. We’re now working through the feedback to look at where we can improve the proposals, or where we may need to change or adjust them….
At our AGM, Friends of Gipton Wood reviewed the feedback from the Gipton Wood 2050 consultation and determined our response. 93% of respondents support the plans (66% entirely, 27% mostly, 6% some, 1% none) and there is a majority of support for all the proposals listed. There was no significant difference in response by age,…
The July Volunteer Action Morning concentrated on bramble pulling, extending the area which was worked on in 2024, in order to help the bluebells in the area flourish. It was a highly satisfying morning with the brambles lifting easily from the wood floor. We are hoping for a lovely showing of bluebells in this area next…
For our May Volunteer Action Day we met up to put in a dead hedge along part of Copgrove Road by an informal entrance to the wood. This consisted of stakes driven into the ground about 2 metres apart in a one metre wide double row. This was then filled with dead branches and twigs…