Robin Walter
Forester / Writer / Speaker
Robin Walter
Forester, Writer, Speaker
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currently working on a book about re-imagining land use in Britain and how to reconcile nature and people in such challenging times, whilst also reflecting on these momentous transformations
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also known for planting trees, playing jazz guitar,
teaching ukulele, singing . . .
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new collections . . .
Songs of the Earth
reflecting on our place in the natural world, from estrangement to connection
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downtime
short writings which explore what connects
and what isolates across the fragile membrane of skin
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. . . as performed at the Shaftesbury Fringe 2025 . . .​​​
About
I have been working with trees and woods since 1988 in a variety of ways:
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Green Deserts - Work on deforestation and desertification
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London - Arboricultural Climber
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Woodland Management - for private clients
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Dorset - Planting and Chainsaw contractor
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Fountain Forestry - Manager on large planting schemes
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Griffiths Forestry Associates - Forest Mgt on private estates
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Chartered Forester - 2002 - 2016 when I let it lapse
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Woodland Trust - Officer for part of Dorset & Hampshire
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Independent Forester - since 2010
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Co-authored Greenspace Design for Health & Well-being
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Forest Certification Auditor in UK and International
More recently I have been writing:
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Author of Living With Trees
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Researcher & Writer for Regenerative Forestry
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Author of Arbor Vitae, cleave, Invocation, downtime, Songs of the Earth
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Poems published in Tears in the Fence
