We are pleased to announce the date and venue for the next Reforesting Scotland Gathering. The theme for this year’s gathering is “Scotland’s Rainforest”. Julie Stoneman introduced our members to the aims and challenges for the Alliance for Scotland’s Rainforest at last year’s Gathering (see below), so we wanted to Read more…
Welcome to the Spring 2022 issue of Reforesting Scotland, our 65th issue, with the theme of ‘Half-wild Scotland’ Theme articles are: Donald McPhillimy: A half wild mosaic for upland Scotland Kitty Birley: Working Woods Scotland Anna Lawrence and Willie McGhee: Woodland Nation Emily Warner: Native forest expansion and carbon storage Read more…
Reforesting Scotland is hosting a second online creative writing workshop for the RS community. All are invited to link up from across Scotland and further afield, join in and reflect by writing poetry on themes that we’ll agree on the day. The workshop is on Sunday Feb 20th at 5pm, Read more…
A few weeks ago 30 folk gathered for a weekend in the woods for the first Scottish Coppice Gathering, sharing experiences & skills around the fire in the far NW highlands. The gathering was organised to kickstart the newly formed Scottish Coppice Network. RS founding member Em Magenta offered her Read more…
Reforesting Scotland has had a close connection to coppice and coppicing right from the beginning. While coppicing in Scotland might not be very active at the moment, it has had its moments in the distant past. South of the border it is making headway again as people once again look Read more…
Welcome to the Autumn 2021 issue of Reforesting Scotland, our 64th issue, with the theme of ‘A living from the land’. Theme articles include; Robert Barbour: Fincastle Farm Roger Polson: Knock Farm Magnus Davidson: Repeopling Scotland Nick Marshall: The fall and rise of small sawmills Darran Barton: Permawild Sarah MacDonald: Read more…
We’re thrilled to announce a great line up of events at this years annual gathering, held at Badaguish Outdoor Centre in the Northern Cairngorms. Tickets for the weekend are now sold out. See here, for details, and waiting list. Live Streaming! Can’t make the gathering this year? Well we’re going Read more…
Our annual gathering is (hopefully) back again! This year we’ll be heading to the Northern Cairngorms basing ourselves at Badaguish Outdoor Centre for the weekend. It will take place on Friday 8th – Sunday 10th October 2021. Bookings are now open (see bottom of page) About the Weekend The annual Read more…
This year, as restrictions slowly ease (hopefully), we are going to have our Gathering in person again. It’ll be held at Badaguish Outdoor Centre, near Aviemore in the Cairngorms. It’s a venue some members may remember from several years ago. With so much happening in the area, it will be Read more…
Welcome to the Spring 2021 issue of Reforesting Scotland, our 63rd issue, with the theme of ‘A green recovery’. Theme articles include; Andy Robinson: Six years in the clear-fell Diane Lyons: Yearn Stane Andy McMullen: Integrating what we have Nina Friggens: Digging deeper Danny Renton: Seawilding Alan Carter: Universal Basic Read more…