Holly is even more prone to theft than Christmas trees, but it
could be grown safely in the middle of a wood :-) You could
almost certainly get advice from a suitable conservation charity,
and the management work is FAR easy than you imagine! The point
is that there is almost none, short of getting the trees to the
point that they can shade out the undergrowth - woodland (and
coppicing is really just that) is the natural ecology of most of
the UK.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

That is very encouraging Nick, I will give it some thought and maybe as
Sacha suggests I could find someone who would be interested in helping me
:-)

kate