We’re really excited to have launched this website on our socials and to our community of Friends.
We’d like to say a huge THANK YOU to Climate Action Leeds and to our Local Councillors, Lisa Martin, Jordan Bowden and Zara Hussain, and the Inner North East Leeds Community Committee, for funding the development of this website, and to Studio Kaioti for building it.
On 6, October despite the yellow warnings of wind, a group of volunteers together with council ranger Louise met to continue the work of establishing a dead hedge along the Copgrove Road edge of the Wood. The hedge consists of stakes driven into the ground about 2 metres apart in a one metre wide double…
It was a cool rainy day, but over forty people turned up to enjoy our Midsummer Magic event on Saturday 6 June. There was a fantastic woodland den using fallen branches collected from round and about in the wood. Others created flower crowns or bug hotels to support local nature. It was clear from people’s…
We had a fantastic Volunteer Action Morning at the beginning of October. The sun shone and we cracked through the last section of the stretch of dead hedge we’ve been creating this year down the Copgrove Road boundary. We’ve really got into our stride with this now and will start work on the next section…
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…
Over 30 people gathered in Gipton Wood on a very wet Sunday afternoon (19th October 2025) for the annual FOGW Fungi Foray. Wildlife expert Steve Joul led the group, sharing his extensive knowledge not only of the fungi but of other aspects of wildlife in the wood. Very quickly our eyes to adjust to spotting…
On the 27th April, the Friends of Gipton Wood met for their Annual General Meeting. It was lovely to see so many there to discuss and set our plans for the next year. You can find the minutes here. We also watched the wonderful short film, ‘The Joy of Gipton Wood’, which is available on…