Webinar: Axes for Managing Ancient Trees - Basque and English Perspectives | 26 March 2026 | 7-8pm

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If you are interested and your schedule allows it, there is a very interesting webinar in less than two weeks. Registration is free.

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Here you have the description of the event.

"Join us for an exciting webinar, connecting with the Basque Country, to explore the use of different types of axes for ancient tree management. We will attempt a live link with our friends in the Basque Country – Migel Mari and Gabriel Saralegi – who will show us a variety of axes and explain their uses and benefits.

Alasdair Nicoll, Gavin Bodenham, Kevin Yearley, and Zuza Featherstone will then explain some background to axe use in England and describe their experiences of using axes for cutting pollards and veteran trees. There will be discussion of potential future research and an audience Q&A with an expert panel."

Registration link with more details.

www.ancienttreeforum.org.uk

ATF Webinar: Axes for Managing Ancient Trees – Basque and English Perspectives | 26 March 2026 | 7-8pm | Ancient Tree Forum

ATF Webinar: Axes and Ancient Trees
www.ancienttreeforum.org.uk www.ancienttreeforum.org.uk

See you at the event.
 
Pretty damn cool......As a former climber/arborist this will be enjoyable..👍👍👍....
Much appreciated👌👌👌
 
I agree sharp image sharp image . Efforts like this deserve all the help we can give them.

Glad you liked it jfk1110 jfk1110 . I have also done some pollarding (mainly chestnut) using only hand tools over the years. What I have learnt is that I still have a lot to learn. This webinar looks like a good opportunity.

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rjdankert said:
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From the video:
"One of the natural wealth of Monasterio de la Sierra (Burgos) is its oak meadow. The care and regular pruning of the trees over the centuries have made it possible for large specimens to survive to the present day. On the morning of an autumn weekend in 2014, a group of neighbors met in one of the threshing floors on the outskirts of the town to prune an oak tree following the traditional methods."


Wikipedia:
"Monasterio de la Sierra is a municipality and town located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 43 inhabitants."
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Bob
 
Ugaldie said:
I agree sharp image sharp image . Efforts like this deserve all the help we can give them.

Glad you liked it jfk1110 jfk1110 . I have also done some pollarding (mainly chestnut) using only hand tools over the years. What I have learnt is that I still have a lot to learn. This webinar looks like a good opportunity.

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Every tree is.different.... One of the great things about it... Never boring....😜....Definitely miss being 75-80ft. In the air....😁......Nuthin like dropping a top and riding the stick...👍👍👍😜.........Oh to be young again😭
 
Ugaldie said:
If you are interested and your schedule allows . . .


Registration link with more details.

www.ancienttreeforum.org.uk

ATF Webinar: Axes for Managing Ancient Trees – Basque and English Perspectives | 26 March 2026 | 7-8pm | Ancient Tree Forum

ATF Webinar: Axes and Ancient Trees
www.ancienttreeforum.org.uk www.ancienttreeforum.org.uk
See you at the event.
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Thanks for posting. I could not find what time zone the event (scheduled for 26 March 2026 at 7pm) would be coming from (UTC(0)?). I went ahead and registered anyway.



For others who may be considering the ATF Webinar:

I first registered with ATF. They gave me a link to register with Zoom. Zoom gave me this time:

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I am in UTC-5 and we switched to DST last week.

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Bob

Sad postscript:
Only after registering did I look at my calendar.
Hoping ATF will record and post.
 
rjdankert said:
From the video:
"One of the natural wealth of Monasterio de la Sierra (Burgos) is its oak meadow. The care and regular pruning of the trees over the centuries have made it possible for large specimens to survive to the present day. On the morning of an autumn weekend in 2014, a group of neighbors met in one of the threshing floors on the outskirts of the town to prune an oak tree following the traditional methods."


Wikipedia:
"Monasterio de la Sierra is a municipality and town located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 43 inhabitants."
frMQEXP.jpeg



Bob
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Excelent adition rjdankert rjdankert , thank you 👍

jfk1110 said:
Any clue how.many have signed up??? Total #....? Just curious🤔
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No idea jfk1110 jfk1110 , we'll see it in half an hour
 
Good job rjdankert rjdankert 👍, I'm having very busy week and I barely have time for internet.

To anyone who still hasn't seen the video: as you know, my interest in sharing the axe-related aspects of the Basque world is very strong. One of the Basques you can see in the video is a highly respected Basque axeman trainer and even though this is a webinar about ancient tree management he is trying to do something similar to what I do in this forum.

From a Basque perspective, this is something natural. Our culture has been persecuted for decades and some aspects, such as axemanship, have been portrayed as primitive. In the last decades there has been a resurgence and Gabriel’s actions are, in part, a response to that history.

I understand that this may seem unusual to foreigners and I apologize if it makes anyone uncomfortable, but this is not an attempt to present anything Basque as superior to other cultures.

That said, I asked about it live, and those Basques gave me the opportunity to learn how to pollard with axes from them. Now I am trying to get in contact with them. Let’s hope we can align our schedules 🤞
 
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