St Kew's Forest
Restoring endangered temperate rainforests.
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St Kew’s Forest serves the community of St Kew’s Primary, a quintessentially English rural school that brings together children from several local villages. The project will create a critical pocket of temperate rainforest, a now fragmented and rare ecosystem that once predominated along the west coast of the UK. It thrived thanks to the Gulf Stream, which provides mild, damp conditions that are ideal for rainforest biodiversity to flourish.
St Kew’s Forest forges a connection between hundreds of school children and nature, supporting their wellbeing along with that of the planet.
Forest Maker
James Godfrey-Faussett
Forest Partner
Forest Report: 2024
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The forest continues growing well, even though it sits in a challenging location - exposed to wind, with little vegetation around it to shield the young plants from the elements. The oak trees, in particular, have put on more than a meter of height in just one year. The forest is showing signs of great soil health, with early signs of a robust mushroom network developing.
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Forest Report: 2023
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For such an exposed site, the oaks in particular are doing well. This shows good soil fungal potential.
Planting: June 2022
Why St. Kew's Forest?
Once abundant, there are only 1% of these ecosystems left due to generations of deforestation and felling. These rainforests are now classified as one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world.
Together with the creation of a second pocket of temperate forest at the nearby Trevisker Primary, not only will this project provide a much needed boost to the ecosystem’s survival but it will also show school communities across the region how rainforest biodiversity can thrive on their doorstep. The children will have hands-on experience during the planting and the forest itself will become a living resource that grows up alongside the children.
