AFFILIATED GROUPS - WHAT ARE THEY?

The history of The Dendrologist began in 1983 as an information sheet for tree-interested people who often were part of various larger amenity societies or conservation groups in the Chilterns and to help bring them together to share their different concerns. Mainly by word of mouth, it spread to other regions so it now has a countrywide circulation amongst many people with all kinds of different tree interests. Sometimes, there are few others in their neighbourhood to share these and so we encourage them to form their own small groups with each member receiving their own copy of The Dendrologist circulated locally .

This gives a quarterly focus for their meetings, often in each others houses, where we recommend they have a nominal charge to cover refreshments supplied by the host and any other cost such as the provision of an educational video. We have a small selection of videos on various tree topics which we will loan for free, subject to a £25 deposit and postage costs, to these groups.

We can assist with advice from our experience of similar groups and, together with our other publications, we believe we can help such groups which may have conservation objectives or are branches of a national society whose aims they support but which has little local activity or a club of people just enjoy trees, growing them and visiting collections.

Larger organizations may wish to circulate The Dendrologist as a general tree information publication with its Diary page as a useful supplement to their own publication.

This all helps reduce the burden on our volunteers centrally stuffing envelopes for the quarterly distribution.

There is a reduction of cost for The Dendrologist in the above situations and those interested should write giving the size of their membership and enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope to: The Dendrologist, PO Box 341, Chesham, Bucks. HP5 2RD