The management at Wyken Field have taken bold steps to reintroduce increasingly marginalised trees including the native aspen, ash, beech, birch, cherry, elder, oak, rowan, wild service, pines and yews alongside other species such as the sweet chestnut, hornbeam and walnut which were introduced by the Romans.
Hundreds of fruit trees have been planted too, acknowledging the incredible ingenuity and legacy of our vast horticultural history.
The industrialised era has seen a huge loss of our ancient groves, coppices, spinneys and forests. Combined with monoculture, increased field size and corresponding hedgerow loss, lack of biodiversity is being recognized as a real problem.
We believe with the richness tree diversity brings, a healthy insect, bird and mammal population will quickly follow. The role of pollinators within agriculture is widely understood and our vision supports and extends this model; trees, perennials and crops growing together in small organic plots.