The Royal Forestry Society (motto

Motto

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, Promoting the wise management of trees and woods) is a charitable organisation that was established in 1882 in Northumberland

Northumberland

Northumberland is the northernmost ceremonial county and a unitary district in North East England. For Eurostat purposes Northumberland is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "Northumberland and Tyne and Wear" NUTS 2 region...

, England

England

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. Originally known as the English Arboricultural Society, the organisation was founded by forester

Forester

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 Henry Clark and nurseryman

Nursery (horticulture)

A nursery is a place where plants are propagated and grown to usable size. They include retail nurseries which sell to the general public, wholesale nurseries which sell only to businesses such as other nurseries and to commercial gardeners, and private nurseries which supply the needs of...

 John W Robson, both from Hexham

Hexham

Hexham is a market town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, located south of the River Tyne, and was the administrative centre for the Tynedale district from 1974 to 2009. The three major towns in Tynedale were Hexham, Prudhoe and Haltwhistle, although in terms of population, Prudhoe was...

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The RFS aims to further "the appreciation, understanding and knowledge of trees, woods and forests". http://www.rfs.org.uk. The society claims a membership of over 4,000 spread throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The analogous organisation in Scotland

Scotland

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 is the Royal Scottish Forestry Society

Royal Scottish Forestry Society

The Royal Scottish Forestry Society was founded in 1854 as the Scottish Aboricultural Society. The Royal prefix was added in 1869. The name changed to the current one in 1930.The RSFS publishes a journal entitled Scottish Forestry....

. Overseas members are also admitted. The society is patronised by HM The Queen

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

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Activities

The society publishes a journal entitled the Quarterly Journal of Forestry, specialising in scientific articles focusing on all aspects of British forestry and woodland management. It also has a large branch throughout east Sussex, founded by Oliver Jackson who sponsors two vocational qualifications, the 'Professional Diploma in Arboriculture' and the 'Certificate in Arboriculture'. A large number of meetings and woodland visits are organised for members along with national and international study tours. A library of forestry-related material and picture archive is maintained at the Society headquarters at Tring

Tring

Tring is a small market town and also a civil parish in the Chiltern Hills in Hertfordshire, England. Situated north-west of London and linked to London by the old Roman road of Akeman Street, by the modern A41, by the Grand Union Canal and by rail lines to Euston Station, Tring is now largely a...

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The Society manages three woodlands, in the Chilterns, part of the National Forest

National Forest, England

The National Forest is one of England’s most ambitious environmental projects. Across parts of Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire, are being transformed, blending ancient woodland with new planting to create a new national forest...

, and the largest and oldest grove of coast redwoods in Europe at Leighton Hall, Powys

Leighton Hall, Powys

Leighton Hall is an estate and farming complex, located outside Welshpool in Powys, Wales. A grade 1 listed building and estate farming complex, located on the opposite side of the valley to Powis Castle...

 near Welshpool

Welshpool

Welshpool is a town in Powys, Wales, or ancient county Montgomeryshire, from the Wales-England border. The town is low-lying on the River Severn; the Welsh language name Y Trallwng literally meaning 'the marshy or sinking land'...

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