Over time we have conducted research and gained practical experience of a growing number of products. Our focus has been on sustainable harvesting but we have also looked at value chains and marketing.

Many plants have interesting uses – but not all can be or should be harvested for sale. Here we describe a number of products which can be sustainably harvested and have commercial potential here in Wales. Determining which products from which plants can be sustainably and sold, the identification of potential customers and how to reach them is what turns an idea into an income. This is what is termed the ‘supply chain’ which links a wild resource in the woodlands to its consumption by a customer.

We have prepared accounts of the following products:

• BIRCH SYRUP
• NATIVE TREE SEED
• WILD GARLIC
• MOSS
• RHODEDENDRON FOLIAGE
• ESSENTIAL OILS