We are pleased to announce the dates for our Winter Season presentations, invitations and further details will be sent nearer the time, we hope you can join us.
| Date | Time | Presenter | Theme | Location |
| Tuesday 24 February 2026 | 2.30pm | Jamie Cunningham | Forestry in the South East – a review of current practices and challenges | Saltwood Lads Club |
| Wednesday 11 March 2026 | 2.30pm | Peter Blandon | Cedar, Cypress and cherry; a look at trees and forestry in Japan | Loose Pavilion Hall |
| Tuesday 31 March 2026 | 2.30pm | Anna Ritchie | Kent Plan Tree progress, including Elm reintroduction | Saltwood Lads Club |
Speaker information
Jamie Cunningham –
Jamie is Field Manager with the Forestry Commission, with responsibility for the South East of England
His role covers many practical aspects of the Forestry commission work, including support to private woodland owners to increase and manage existing woodland appropriately.
Peter Blandon –
Peter studied forestry and economics at university, and a decade later, in 1984, spent two years as Visiting Professor at Tokyo University’s Forestry Department. Later he spent two periods as lecturer at the University of Tsukuba during which time he carried out statistical work on the demand and supply of Japanese timber.
In this presentation Peter will be looking at the general role of trees in Japan and Japanese culture and how it is that the Japanese Forestry Agency can claim that the Japanese has “established a unique living style called the ‘culture of wood’”.
Anna Ritchie –
Kent Plan Tree Delivery Officer – whose role is to find, agree and deliver planting sites supporting the Plan Tree objectives to plant 1.5 million trees to raise the overall canopy cover in Kent and Medway. Anna has been very active in the very important project to increase and join up existing populations of elms in the Kent countryside that support the rare White-letter Hairstreak butterfly
Anna was also co-presenter earlier in 2025 when the Elm Reintroduction project was the specific focus.