About the event

Learn how to identify trees in their winter state. Spend the morning in the classroom, learning to identify trees using bud and twig characteristics. We will work through the various keys available and practice on a collection of cuttings. In the afternoon, we will walk around Cassiobury Park Nature Reserve to put into practise the morning's learning and identify the trees.

Bring your own packed lunch.

Please note the afternoon walk will be approx. 2-3 miles in length.

Suitable for beginners. 

About your tutor
Andy Holtham is a long-standing Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust member and volunteer. He has delivered these courses for the Trust since 2018 and during lockdown delivered both summer and winter tree identification online talks to over 300 people.

Andy Holtham's "Identifying Trees in Winter" will also be available for purchase at the workshop. If you would like to buy a copy, please note it will be cash only payments.

Course Schedule

10am - 12:45pm
Classroom session learning how to use keys to identify winter trees by their bud characteristics

12:45pm - 1:15pm
Lunch break

1:15pm - 3.00pm
Walk to put into practise the morning's learning session and identify the trees found on Cassiobury Park.

Proceeds from this event will go towards supporting the work of Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust.

Watford Borough Council is working in partnership with Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust to improve the value of Cassiobury Park LNR and Whippendell Wood SSSI for wildlife and people.