Coppicing & coppiced products in the Malvern Hills area

This website has been created to describe the craft of coppicing and promote its benefits to native woodland habitats.

There are many local woodlands, (in fact, the vast majority) that are not managed at all or have no formal Management Plan in place.

We want to inspire woodland owners who have neglected or under-managed woodlands to start the long but rewarding process of coppice management.

The aim is to give you the opportunity to purchasing our coppiced products.

I have been coppicing for 22 years now, having started at Ravenshill woodland reserve in 2000 working as part of the Ravenshill volunteer group, I am a member of the Small Woods Association and Small Woodland Owners Group.

I am in the process of producing a guide to coppicing for woodland owners and others interested in gaining more knowledge about this country craft.

WOODLAND PRODUCTS

HEDGING STAKES

Normally 5'6" but other sizes can be supplied. These are made predominantly from hazel
Bundles of 10 - £10

BEAN POLES

Clean rods 8ft long, 1 – 1.5 diameters at the butt end bundled in 10’s from hazel
Bundles of 10 - £15

PEA STICKS

4 ft and 5ft long well branded with 1ft of clear growth at the bottom
predominantly Hazel
4ft bundle of 25 £8.50
5ft bundle of 25- £12.50

FLOWER STAKES

3ft and 4 ft long straight rods 0.75 – 1.25 in diameter- sharpened
Normally Hazel - bundles of 10.
3ft bundle of 10 £8.00
4ft bundle of 10 £10.00

BINDERS (sometimes know as ETHERINGS)

8ft long minimum cleaned rods, 1” butt diameter bundles of 10.

LONG BOW STAVES

We have both seasoned and fresh Cleaved Ash Long bow stave billets sometimes available - £25 each
The diameters of the logs they have been cleaved from are between 6" and 9".
We can also supply staves cleaved from larger diameter logs.
Each log has been cleaved into quarters or eigths.