Rowena Young - Forest Manager
Rowena works across the Cotswolds, Chilterns and Anglia to support clients whose aspirations reflect the full potential of trees and woodlands in lowland areas. Guiding clients through the long-term planning and management of trees and woodland; designing, planting and maintaining new orchards, hedgerows, parkland and woodland trees; connecting and improving the condition of mixed habitats; felling and marketing timber: are all part of a diverse portfolio.
Rowena has a strong technical understanding of the challenges confronting our woodlands in some of the warmest, driest areas of the country, and seeks to build clients’ knowledge and confidence to negotiate change. She draws on over 20 years’ experience of innovation and venture development to ensure proposals are as pragmatic as they are effective.
Key services:
· Design and planning – all aspects of agroforestry, woodland creation, wood pasture and woodland management;
· Financing – providing customized guidance and access to the optimal mix of income, grants and finance to resource plans, ensuring interventions are cost effective and represent best value;
· Management – diligent aftercare, maintenance and monitoring – and reliable communication.
Good to know:
Management of commercial woodland at Hyde Wood in Suffolk resulted in being shortlisted for the Royal Forestry Society’s Duke of Cornwall Award for Resilient Multi-Purpose Forestry;
“I wish you were over some of our other woodlands. Your reports are interesting, detailed, considered and give enormous confidence you really know the site well and offer best guidance for a way forward.” Local authority client;
Has attained distinction level outcomes in post-graduate studies to date on the Forestry MSc with Bangor University (MSc pending completion of a dissertation this year) – including silviculture, woodland ecology, agroforestry, history and policy;
Conducting a systematic review of tree establishment in semi-arid conditions, with a view to improving tree survival in increasingly droughty conditions;
Represents Tilhill on the Resilient Treescapes Advisory Group, a multistakeholder group working with government to support adaptation to climate change;
Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Foresters and working towards professional membership.
