Wistman’s Wood National Nature Reserve

Volunteers plant 800 trees at Wistman’s Wood in Dartmoor as restoration work continues

Volunteers gathered at Wistman’s Wood National Nature Reserve last week to help plant a further 800 trees, as part of efforts to extend one of the South West’s last remaining fragments of temperate rainforest. This follows the planting of 450 saplings at the site in March 2025.

The Duchy of Cornwall joined partner organisations Natural England, Moor Trees and the Woodland Trust on...