Celebrating National Apprenticeship Week: Meet Ami, Our Inspiring Arboricultural Apprentice Being an arborist is physically demanding work but highly rewarding with a direct impact on the protection of Britain’s trees, a regular connection with nature and clear progression pathways. At Nicholsons, we’re huge advocates of supporting career development and encouraging new [...]

Kakamega Rainforest Biodiversity Project: One year of restoration and remarkable growth A reflection from Nicholsons' Managing Director, Liz Nicholson It has now been one year since our first visit to our biodiversity project in the Kakamega Rainforest, Kenya. At the time, the idea of reducing the rampant spread [...]

Nicholsons & The Rooflight Co. Rooted in Light: Part 3 - Our Vision In this series Rooted in Light, we have been advocating for a cohesive design approach as we believe in the long-term value gained by embracing light indoors and outdoors to transform the way we live.  In [...]

Collaborating for change: Farmers clusters & Nicholsons The North East Cotswolds Farmer Cluster (NECFC) is a growing network of farmers, land managers and community partners working together to accelerate the transition to a financially and environmentally sustainable farming system. The network includes the newly established Cherwell Farmers Cluster (CFC) [...]

Nicholsons & The Rooflight Co. Rooted in Light: Part 2 - Healthy Spaces In the second part of our series, Rooted in Light, we explore the concept of healthy spaces, and how looking at the ‘big picture’ when designing your home can result in a sustainable living environment connected [...]

Nicholsons & The Rooflight Co. Rooted in Light: Part 1 - Why Daylight Matters As the season shifts into Autumn, we are reminded of the vital role that light and fresh air play in our wellbeing and comfort. In this series ‘Rooted in Light’, we explore how thinking cohesively [...]

Throughout its natural life, a tree will face all manner of trials. These can be as a result of encroaching human development, competition from their neighbours or even the relentless cycle of the elements around them. Some will weather the storm better than others and go on to be prominent champions of the landscape. [...]

The hazel dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius, is one of the UK’s smallest and rarest protected mammal species. With its sleepy nature and fluffy, golden-brown fur, the hazel dormouse is undoubtedly one of our most adorable resident species. Beatrix Potter once kept one as a pet, naming her Xarifa, and wrote in her journal, “I think [...]

Our team always take great pride and feel a great sense of responsibility to honour the fellow foresters that came before us, particularly when it comes to utilising timber from the trees that they so lovingly planted and tended for decades or centuries before us. When we manage our woodlands, we always work with [...]

Some shocking statistics that might make you reconsider the value of the brown friable substrate I call soil but many people call “muck” or “dirt”. Across our UK landscape, we would be forgiven for thinking that our carbon stocks are in our trees and hedgerows but in fact 95% of land carbon stocks are [...]

Author: Harriet Smith, Landscape Department What is Building with Nature Building with Nature (BwN) is the UK's first green infrastructure benchmark which provides a framework for the creation of high-quality places with an environmental focus.  Schemes can gain BwN accreditation by demonstrating that excellent quality green infrastructure is placed at the heart of [...]

This April, we would like to raise awareness about an emerging threat to our cherished oak trees: the Oak Processionary Moth (OPM). This species of moth, characterised by its caterpillars that nest on oak trees, poses significant risks to both the health of our trees and the well-being of humans and animals. Understanding OPM: [...]