This is a young woodland that I planted in 1993 in Co. Tyrone in N. Ireland. It includes 46 different species of native and non-native trees and shrubs, and is an excellent place for people to practice their tree ID.
Although very young yet and planted on former farmland, this woodland has long since had many of the characteristics of a functioning woodland eco-system, with ash, aspen and blackthorm regeneration coming up thick and fast under the canopy of the older trees and already diversifying the overall structure.
Many people do not plant trees because they say "they will never see them". Well, plant your trees when you are young and dont leave it too late, and then you can both see them and enjoy them. As is seen below, some of the trees in this woodland will soon also be off a utilizable size.
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