Eucalyptus Walk – led by Bryan Elliott
Tuesday 7 March 1100-1400 (Includes refreshments and lunch)
- Meet at the Willow and Wetlands Centre to have tea and coffees at 11am in the Lemon Tree Coffee Shop - (Google Maps link here)
- We will leave cars there and travel via minibus to the site.
- Returning to the cafe for around 1pm for a sandwich lunch.
Are you interested in planting eucalyptus on your land? Or do you already have a eucalyptus crop and want to know more about its management, harvesting and the potential markets?
Whatever your questions, whether they concern agronomy, economics or logistics expert Bryan Elliot will be able to provide all the answers.
This farm walk is in association with Envirocrops – a project supported by the Government’s Biomass Feedstocks Innovation Programme. Members of the Envirocrops team will be on hand to give you the latest information on the web app that is being developed to provide decision support to farmers and consultants.
About Bryan Elliott
Bryan Elliott is the Managing Director of Eucalyptus Renewables. He has developed an innovative silviculturally based, UK company, that is focussed on delivering an expertise in developing a UK wood supply chain through growing crops of various targeted Eucalyptus species.
Eucalyptus Renewables are involved with various BEIS projects delivering establishment, and silvicultural protocols with a sole objective of creating a thriving and sustainable timber crop. The existing annual yield of Eucalyptus fibre is currently expanding with around half a million Eucalyptus trees successfully established throughout UK over the last four years. SRF Timber harvesting operations will initiate between 4 and 6 years of age thinnings, with rotation lengths between 8 and 25 years dependent upon timber objective strategy.
About Envirocrops
The Envirocrops consortium - led by the Agri Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) with support from two energy in agriculture consultancies: Crops for Energy Ltd and NFU Energy and software development company, Calvium - has been set up to create an app and STEM game.
The Envirocrops web app is envisaged as a central source of impartial information in an easy to access, free or low-cost, user-friendly format, that will enable farmers, land managers and consultants to make an informed decision about planting biomass crops.
Callout for Eucalyptus Farm Walk attendees
To join us on the 7 March please email [email protected] to register your interest and come along to the walk. By signing up to this event you are also opting in to the Envirocrops quarterly enewsletter. We will not share your details with any other party but we will simply provide you with information on future events and updates on the Envirocrops app. You can unsubscribe at any time.
