Robin Walter
Forester / Writer / Speaker
Robin Walter
Forester, Writer, Speaker
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
also known for planting trees, playing jazz guitar,
teaching ukulele, singing . . .
new collections . . .
Songs of the Earth
reflecting on our place in the natural world, from estrangement to connection
downtime
short writings which explore what connects
and what isolates across the fragile membrane of skin
. . . 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
