Episode 2. All things Miyawaki

Akira Miyawaki was a Japanese botanist whose work inspired Pocket Forests and others planting woodlands in urban areas. Catherine travelled to Kent in the UK to talk to Louise Butfoy on the site of a fascinating experimental plot. In February 2021 the Trees Outside Woodlands team working with the Tree Council and Kent County Council planted nearly 1000 trees in a fenced off 400sqm area. Around 800 of them were planted Miyawaki style (4 plants per square metre). The remaining 200 or so trees were planted one sapling per square metre. Find out how they fared and how they look now.