KFOTT has supported this project by supplying one of the panels in the display to be admired in the Grand Hotel. TREELINE (UK Premier) : Graham Fitkin (composer) & Sacconi Quartet. Saturday 18th July 2026 6.00pm The Grand, The Leas, Folkestone, CT20 2XL follow link for details and tickets: TREELINE...
Dear KFOTT Member, We are delighted to announce details of our third Day Trip of the season and extend an invitation for members and guests to join us for entry to the Godinton House Gardens. The twelve acres of gardens are surrounded by ancient parkland studded with stately oaks...
The second part of the group day trip, after our visit to Fredville Park, was to Goodestone Park, not very far away. Paul, head gardener, who took us around the gardens, was very keen to point out that the gardens were managed in a very environmentally friendly way…no chemical herbicide;...
We had arranged to meet John Plumptre at 09.45 to visit “The Majesty” the largest virgin oak tree in the country. Before we started, John spent time both talking about the family history and about the tree itself. We learned that Majesty was one of, originally, four such oaks planted...
It could have gone horribly wrong…the weather that morning was the first significant rain we had seen for a while and nobody (probably) was looking forward to a wander in the rain. However…the weather gods smiled on our group of 20 and we were well-prepared for the slight sprinkling that...
Anna Ritchie visited Saltwood Lads’ Club Hall to update our group of 20 attendees on the progress of the project to reintroduce Elm trees to the Kent landscape. Plan Tree has continued to make progress during 2025, albeit with a smaller team and with greater funding challenges. These headwinds notwithstanding...
Dear KFOTT Member, We are delighted to announce details of our first Day Trip of the season and extend an invitation for members and guests to join us for entry to the gardens and Guided Tour. Nymans Grade II* listed garden is one of the great 20th century gardens with...
Wye with Hinxhill parish won our annual Tree of the Year competition. In celebration they chose an Acer x freemanii “Autumn Blaze”. On a beautiful Spring morning on Churchfield Green, near to the magnificent church, the weather and soil conditions were ideal for planting, and I am pleased to report...
When Paul Smallwood stepped back, in 2024, from active participation in the management of our charity, he had been involved for 30 years. In 1994 he founded the Trust Fund – Kent Men of the Trees – which became the Kent Friends of the Trees CIO in 2023. For all...
A group of 20 gathered in the splendid Loose Pavilion Hall to hear Peter Blandon talk about “Cedar, Cypress and cherry; trees and forestry in Japan” based on his broad experience of lecturing and living in the country His first theme explored the forest cover in Japan; who would have...
