Roger Cartwright trained as a forester in 1958 and qualified as a landscape architect in 1964.
He has had wide experience, including:
- working as a forester in Nyasaland, now Malawi,
- employment as a landscape architect at Cumbernauld New Town until 1965
- work for Lancashire, Northumberland and Cumbria County Councils on landscape design, conservation and environmental assessment until 1991.
When he worked for Lancashire County Council from 1967-1970, he was the landscape architect on the Morecambe Bay Economic Study Team, (looking at water storage options, including a barrage and polders). The landscape survey and evaluation from this was used as the basis for deciding the boundaries of the proposed Arnside Silverdale AONB and he helped prepare the first draft of "Possible Policies for Conservation, Management and Development, February 1970".
Since starting in private practice in 1991, he has prepared Management Plans and helped with Woodland Grant Schemes and Countryside Stewardship applications and the implementation of design and conservation work on a large number of small estates and farms in the Lake District, Cumbria and Lancashire, (particularly in the Arnside Silverdale AONB).
He has carried out a large number of tree surveys. including TPO work for the Lake District National Park, tree surveys for Lancashire Wildlife Trust at Warton Crag and at Burton Wood - a large Nature Reserve in the Lune Valley.
He has acted as Woodlands Adviser for Pattinsons Estates, (for a farm and large woodlands around Elterwater and Brathay Quarries), and for the Calgarth Estate, (Priory Stud). Windermere and for a number of small estates in North Lancashire.
He is now reducing these long term management commitments to concentrate on specialist consultancy and advice.
He has continued to help with the management of Old Park Woodland (127ha) Killington and act as advisor for the John Barnes Trust at Ashmeadow Woodland, Arnside http://www.barnescharitabletrust.org.uk/wildlife.html
This week 9th and 12th June 2015, took some photos at Old Park Killington of progress with restoration to mixed woodland - spread of abundant bluebells after felling larch, clear views to Howgill Fells and lucky to see a red squirrel, still thriving despite recent clear felling of some of the Norway Spruce.
