j34FF5 BeautyMagazine: The forgotten English forest that changed the face of the British countryside
P
j34FF5

The forgotten English forest that changed the face of the British countryside

Many of Britain’s beloved forests did not exist 100 years ago. After the Industrial Revolution and the First World War, the nation’s woodlands were severely depleted. But after the introduction of the Forestry Act 1919, Lord Clinton, a commissioner of the newly appointed Forestry Commission, planted its very first trees in Flashdown Woods on his Eggesford Estate on December 8 1919.



from Yahoo Style UK https://ift.tt/2PtFs2y
https://ift.tt/2DVTAMH

No comments:

Post a Comment