Lowther Estate planted 51 hectares of new woodland at Ladybeck Wood in the Lake District, Cumbria, between November and December 2023. The trees—wild cherry, sycamore, silver birch, sessile oak, crab apple, hawthorn, Scots pine, field maple, common alder, aspen, hazel, goat willow and native black poplar—were planted as wood pasture to blend with the landscape and support grazing for the estate’s beef business. The project was funded by the Woodland Creation Planning Grant and the England Woodland Creation Offer, which covered 100 % of standard costs and provided additional stackable payments of £111,000 for nature recovery, water quality and flood risk. The woodland is registered with Forest Carbon and the estate plans to sell a third of its carbon credits to offset emissions.
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