Boothferry Golf Club

Enhancing golf course with pockets of woodland

Designed to increase biodiversity and interest on the site, the owners of Boothferry Golf Club near Goole, East Yorkshire, wanted to improve the landscape and the drainage on the golf course.

Assisted by The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) York and their volunteers the project took 11 days to plant over 8,000 trees.

  • The design was developed by Humber Forest with the landowner to compliment the established trees and shrubs on the site.
  • The total area included 3.24ha and 742m of hedgerow.

Summary of the project

The owners of Boothferry Golf Club in East Yorkshire contacted Humber Forest and their delivery partner The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) York to discuss the opportunity of planting woodlands on the golf course to improve the grounds and to plant hedgerow to provide a natural boundary around the site that would support wildlife as well as improve security.

After visiting the initial site visit, archaeology and ecology checks were conducted by Humber Forest to ensure the suitability of the proposed planting parcels for the area and the ground conditions. Once these were found to support the project, Humber Forest designed parcels that totalled 3.24ha of new woodland and over 700m of new hedgerow.

In total 4716 trees were planted in parcels to create small pockets of woodland across the course with a range of native species which included Beech, Field Maple, Aspen, Rowan, Dogwood and Silver Birch.

The new hedgerow is predominantly Hawthorn and Blackthorn as the landowner wanted a thorny hedge to help with security. In addition, Hazel, Crab Apple, Field Maple and Common Oak were planted in the hedgerow which will provide a haven for wildlife. In total 3,710 saplings were planted.

On the advice of the ecologist, 236 elm trees were planted to benefit white-letter hairstreak butterflies to enhance the number of species in the area.

Over several days, TCV York along with a range of volunteers and the Humber Forest team planted 4,716 tree whips across the site as well as over 3,000 hedgerow plants.

Project impact

Natural flood management and water quality:

The designs focused around the areas of the grounds that had suffered with flooding and poor drainage, or close to established drains to help reduce the speed of run-off and slow the flow during heavy rain periods.

Public access and management:

The new woodlands are around the courses at Boothferry Golf Club and will be managed by TCV York as well as the groundskeepers.

Enhancing wildlife:

Already visited by hares, deer and British birds such as grouse and buzzards, the new woodlands create additional value with parcels of diverse native trees and shrubs connecting these existing habitats to create pockets of improved wildlife havens. The different parcels across the site will increase biodiversity and edge effect so important to breeding insects and birds.

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