The Carbon Community

The Carbon Community Dedicated to accelerating carbon removal in trees and soil with breakthrough science. Registered charity in England and Wales 1187231.

Learn more about Glandwr Forest, our carbon study, field-trial facility and community science program. We are a UK Charity dedicated to creating forests and removing carbon from the atmosphere, with breakthrough science. Focused on natural solutions, we started with a question. ‘How do you maximise the carbon sequestered in a forest?’ This led to many discussions and much debate with woodland exp

erts, government organisations and leading scientists. Conversations that helped shape our mission: to create forests and accelerate carbon removal, with breakthrough science. Our planting and restoration projects are designed, together with world leading scientists, to learn more about how to accelerate carbon sequestration. We are committed to sharing our findings as widely as possible to increase carbon removal in our own projects and beyond. Our first major carbon study was launched in May 2021, you can get involved by joining one of our Community Science Days. We create forests for carbon and always will. Our forests will take a minimum 35 years to reach adolescence, and the charity structure ensures that the trees, soil and biodiversity that they support, will be proactively managed for generations. A forest is so much more that the trees. Join us.

Let's talk about trains and the , which runs between Swansea and Shrewsbury and passes over the beautiful Cynghordy via...
10/06/2026

Let's talk about trains and the , which runs between Swansea and Shrewsbury and passes over the beautiful Cynghordy viaduct.

Over the years, we have had many people visit The Carbon Community by train, including two people just last weekend.

🛤️ Swansea to Cynghordy (Swansea University student)
🛤️ Cardiff to Cynghordy (Cardiff University student)
🛤️ London to Cynghordy to spend a few days measuring trees
🛤️ Germany to Cynghordy (A researcher who visited us and another research site in the UK)

Let's call it Citizen Science by train!

Checking the schedule, you can take the train to our upcoming Meadow Walks on Saturday, 27th June. Click the link for full details of the event. https://bit.ly/CarbonComMeadow26



Photo Credit: Paul Box

“To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wildflower.” William Blake 🌸 Starting a Monday morning with some be...
08/06/2026

“To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wildflower.” William Blake

🌸 Starting a Monday morning with some beautiful orchid blooms. This one is a Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) which thrives in damp, unimproved meadows.

Why not join one of The Carbon Community's upcoming meadow walks? We'll be joined by a local expert to help identify species and will also be counting butterflies as part of the Big Butterfly Count.

🗓 Saturday, 27th June
🕙 10:00 am and 1:30 pm
📍 The Carbon Community, Llandovery, Wales

Details and registration ➡️ https://bit.ly/CarbonComMeadow26

Another fantastic day at Glandwr Forest with a fabulous crew that was ready for anything.🌳 1,300 stakes & tags checked, ...
07/06/2026

Another fantastic day at Glandwr Forest with a fabulous crew that was ready for anything.

🌳 1,300 stakes & tags checked, secured, and when needed, replaced.

🪏Some hard core maintenance on the yard & track.

✨ A sparkling job on the annual equipment check and organise in the barn.

Thank you to everyone who joined us, we are feeling thoroughly spruced-up.

Lunchtime at our volunteering sessions is always a great chance to get to know each other and chat about almost anything...
07/06/2026

Lunchtime at our volunteering sessions is always a great chance to get to know each other and chat about almost anything, from trees and science to nature and art!

Yesterday, we learned about this lovely exhibition at the International Welsh Rarebit Centre in Defynnog featuring Mountain Air Artists (and one of our volunteers).

It's on until the 28th of June!

Reflecting on a fantastic day in Glandwr Forest and the fabulousness of our volunteer community. Volunteers, we couldn't...
06/06/2026

Reflecting on a fantastic day in Glandwr Forest and the fabulousness of our volunteer community. Volunteers, we couldn't do it without you!

🌳 Saturday was a big day for the Carbon Study Spruce Up! 1,500 stakes were firmly secured, and broken ones replaced to ensure all the barcodes are in the right space. Corner posts had a spruce-up too, with 25 old ones swapped for new.

💚 Thank you to everyone who joined from near and far and brought their own sunshine. Special shout-out to two students, one from Cardiff University and one from Swansea University, who joined us today and took the Heart of Wales Line train all the way!

🌱 Spending a day with people who love the outdoors is always a delight, with everyone sharing their own enthusiasm, expertise and insight.

We're back again tomorrow for another day of citizen science volunteering!

It's and - feeling grateful for all those giving their time and energy for nature and science!

starts tomorrow and runs from the 6th to 14th June. To discover events across the UK, search greatbiggreenweek.com/eve...
05/06/2026

starts tomorrow and runs from the 6th to 14th June. To discover events across the UK, search greatbiggreenweek.com/events

Two of those events are at Glandwr Forest this weekend!

Join us for a day of community Science Volunteering.

We'll be working on 'sprucing up' the Glandwr Forest Carbon Study, including checking the barcodes in the research area and painting the centre posts that help identify the centre of each plot. It's a great way to learn more about the design of this large-scale field trial!

🗓 6th & 7th June
🕙 10am - 4pm
📍 The Carbon Community, Llandovery, Wales

The Carbon Community will provide lunch, snacks, coffee & tea, and flapjacks 😉

Follow the link for details and to save your space:
https://bit.ly/CarbonComEvents2026

One of the amazing things at Glandwr Forest is watching nature thrive, and we are loving this initiative from the Bank o...
04/06/2026

One of the amazing things at Glandwr Forest is watching nature thrive, and we are loving this initiative from the Bank of England to celebrate the UK's Wildlife.

There are three categories (mammals; birds; and amphibians insects & fish) and you can choose up to two from each!

Have you voted yet?

Tell us which animals you would like to see on our next series of banknotes by 3 July 2026

This week, across the UK, organisations are thanking volunteers past and present for their invaluable contributions. h...
03/06/2026

This week, across the UK, organisations are thanking volunteers past and present for their invaluable contributions. has been running for over forty years, and it is incredible to read the stories of the longevity of so many volunteering programs.

The Carbon Community launched its volunteer program exactly five years ago, in June 2021. At the time, Covid rules were loosening a bit and being together outdoors became an exciting possibility again. With a picnic table, a second-hand sun umbrella, and plenty of hand sanitiser, we started recruiting for volunteers and crossed our fingers.

Since then, we have been amazed and inspired by the commitment, energy, and impact of the hundreds of people who have joined in, contributing to climate science and caring for Glandwr Forest.

Our latest blog looks back over the last five years and YOUR incredible contributions.

Close to 100,000 tree measurements, 30,000 tag checks, tree planting, hedge-laying, geo-positioning, and more.

From all of us, thank you.

ps. Does anyone remember the orange rope? IYKYK

https://www.carboncommunity.org/carbon-community-updates/celebrating-volunteers-this-volunteers-week

This week, across the UK, organisations are thanking volunteers past and present for their invaluable contributions. The week-long celebration starts on the first Monday in June every year and has been running for over forty years.

Hello June!Just in case you missed our end-of-May newsletter, it was packed with updates, events and newsletter exclusiv...
02/06/2026

Hello June!

Just in case you missed our end-of-May newsletter, it was packed with updates, events and newsletter exclusives, including early registration for .

Events
🌳 Community Science Volunteering 6th & 7th June
🌸 Meadow Walks 27th June
🌳 Carbon Study Talk & Walk 3rd & 4th July
🌳 Community Science Volunteering 5th July

Updates
🌳 Joining the National Forest for Wales
💚 Updates on tree shelter recycling and more!

Read all about it.
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https://mailchi.mp/carboncommunity/strengthening-connections

Today's photo is of a Lysimeter, part of the equipment in the as photographed in 2022!

Still sorting our photos ;-)

Photo Credit Paul Box.

A bit of a Saturday Species post - galls forming on an Oak tree from the oak marble gall wasp, Andricus kollari, a tiny ...
30/05/2026

A bit of a Saturday Species post - galls forming on an Oak tree from the oak marble gall wasp, Andricus kollari, a tiny wasp that causes galls on oak leaves.

As spotted at when we were out and about working on our Carbon Study Spruce Up.

A day of Community Science Volunteering always has plenty of time to marvel at nature!

Upcoming dates:
🗓️ 6th & 7th June

🕙 10am - 4pm

📍The Carbon Community, Llandovery, Wales

Fancy learning more?

Head to https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-carbon-community-2026-4802070

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