Our woodland flora is in dramatic decline: Please help us put the life back into our woodlands

In our childhood memories, woodlands are either natural sanctuaries of dappled sunlight, flowers and wildlife, or dark, overgrown places of menace. Today, it is the woodland itself, with its many beloved
species of plants, birds and butterflies, which is being menaced.

The problem
Too many woods are badly managed, neglected and overgrown, or unfenced, overgrazed and bare. Rich, diverse woodland flora is threatened as is the wildlife that depends on it. Air pollution, agricultural run-off and invasion by non-native species like rhododendron add to the problem.

Please donate today
We need your support to help us raise £30,000 to breathe life back into our magnificent woodlands and build understanding of their importance as entire ecosystems, not just trees.

We need your support
In England and Wales, we need to reinstate coppicing and manage woodland rides to let in light and control excessive growth of coarse vegetation, to revitalise the fortunes of lady orchid and other key species. In Scotland, improved management is also required, with
Plantlife providing support and advice for woodland managers and identifying the best ways to conserve woodland plants and fungi.

Plantlife is taking action
Plantlife has been raising the profile of plants and woodland management with policy-makers at government level and in the press. Our new Woodland Advisor in England is publicising the issue, providing much needed woodland management advice to landowners and collaborating with other organisations.