Anney Thornton Wood

Freelance trainer and horticulturalist



Anney started out in woodlands, market gardening and smallholding before gaining a BSc & PGCE and lecturing  in landbased studies.  She went on to set up Cambium - a successful landscaping and training business in 2000.  Anney completed her Forest School Award in 2003 working with Llwynu Infants School and Monmouthshire Surestart and since then has regularly been in involved in devising and running Forest School Programmes, recently working with FC England and Wye Valley AONB to deliver the Herefordshire Forest School Pilot Project.

Anney started working with the Forestry Commission to deliver Forest School training in November 2004 and acted as producer for the Forest School in Wales DVD in 2007.  She has recently been involved in delivering educational sessions with children throughout South Wales with the Woodland Trust as part of the Tree for All Project as well as continuing to deliver Forest School Training at all levels throughout Wales and the Border counties. 

Cambium has recently been appointed to deliver a DCELLS Welsh Assembly Government Forest School Training the Trainer project in South Wales working with FEI.  Anney has also been working with Warwickshire Wildlife Trust to mentor two ‘apprentice’ Forest School Trainers.