Woodland view

From Good from Woods

  • Good from Woods summary reports – evidence of wellbeing found in each of our partner’s woodland projects
  • The Good from Woods toolkit – guides to help you carry out research on your own woodland activities whilst maintaining robust research ethics
  • Research methods – ideas to help you gather feedback and research data from participants in your woodland activities/projects.
Case study papers:
  • (Taylor & Francis Online)
  • (Taylor & Francis Online)
  • (Ingenta Connect)
  • Measuring the impact of outdoor learning on the physical activity of school age children (SHEU)

Other research resources

  • Open University –
  • Roger Greenway –
  • University of Oxford –
  • University of Surrey –

Research into woodland and wellbeing

Walking the Talk conference presentations
The Walking the Talk conference was a joint event between Silvanus Trust, , and the Outdoor and Experiential Learning Research Network(Oelresnet) at the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓÆµ, 4 July 2014.
Good from Woods presentations:
Natural Connections presentations:
Oelresnet presentations:
Walk the Talk – lunch time walks:

To make the hand-out book:
  • 1. print the pdf onto an A3 sheet
  • 2. cut into thin strips along the faint grey lines
  • 3. stick the strips together
  • 4. fold like a concertina.

Other related research

  • Forest Research –
  • Roger Greenway –
  • Essex University –

Get in touch

To share your own research into woodlands and wellbeing with us, please email: PRinOL@plymouth.ac.uk.