About us

Our Vision

In two hundred years, Forest Culture will exist.

Forest Culture is what happens when trees and forests become part of how a society understands itself, not just as places to walk the dog, but as sources of essential, regenerative material that people genuinely value, the way farming occupies that space today. Most people know roughly where their food comes from. Many prefer to buy local, seasonal, and sustainably produced. That preference shapes markets, supports livelihoods, and connects communities to the land. It is a sign of a healthy society.

We want that for forestry, and more.

We will know we are getting there when most people would rather buy a kitchen table made from timber grown twenty miles away, than one from Ikea (no offence Ikea), AND they can actually afford to.

We will also know we are getting there when most people know what a Forester is. This is a small thing, but it's indicative. The fact that most people cannot easily picture what a forester does tells you something important: society and one of its most significant natural resources have drifted apart. Closing that gap is what this work is really about.

This is a two hundred year vision, and it is deliberately ambitious. Ambitious enough to sustain a lifetime of meaningful work, grounded enough to pursue practically, one woodland at a time.

Our 2030 Goal

There are a thousand goals between here and year two hundred. We're sharing this (frankly audacious) one here, to hold ourselves accountable.

By 2030, LSH Forestry will deliver more Forestry Commission approved woodland management plans in England than any other single agent or business. And they will be the best.

Most means most by number. The biggest gains in woodland condition are not in planting new trees or refining woodlands already in good hands. They are in bringing unmanaged woodland back into active management, at scale. That is where we are focused.

Best means something specific. A good plan does not sit in a drawer. It sets an owner up for a decade of active, engaged management: higher value timber, public access where it makes sense, continuous cover forestry as the operating standard, and ecosystems that function rather than just exist. We will measure the quality of our plans by the outcomes they actually achieve on the ground, not by how well they read on paper.

We will know we are getting there in two ways. Our clients will tell us. And when we look at whether the Forestry Commission considers our plans among the best being produced in England, we expect the answer to be yes.