Journal

Autumn/Winter 2014: ‘Restoring the Land and the People’ Looking back – and forward – in our 50th issue. Articles include:Bernard Planterose: From wet desert to woodland economy.George Monbiot: Rewilding.Andy Wightman: My journey with Reforesting Scotland.Alan Watson Featherstone: Trees for Life.Viv … Read More

Spring/Summer 2014: ‘Small Is Possible’ We always knew it, now here’s the proof! Articles include: Letter from a forest garden: how Graham Bell grows a tonne of food, literally, in his garden. Woodland crofts: Jamie McIntyre on how local intensive … Read More

Autumn/Winter 2013: ‘Fun in the forest’ There are so many ways to engage with forests! Articles include: The Woodland Building Site – families creating a building for their local woodland kindergarten Donkeys in the Forest– for children’s birthday parties Perthshire’s … Read More

Spring/Summer 2013: ‘Coping with catastrophe’ The theme for this issue highlights the Great Storm of 2012 and the spread of diseases like Chalara fraxinea (ash die-back), but also celebrates the creative responses of communities and individuals to those disasters. Articles … Read More

Autumn/Winter 2012: ‘The living forest’ The theme for this issue ties in with the annual Reforesting Scotland Gathering in Strathspey in early October 2012. Articles include: Forest life in Abernethy In conversation… Forests present and future Balancing act at Mar … Read More

Spring/Summer 2012: Co-operative living – a low impact choice? Forty years at Laurieston Hall Acorn, a new crofting co-op for Argyll A simple woodland life at Tinker’s Bubble Together on the land at Talamh Thousand Huts campaign report and news … Read More

Autumn/Winter 2011-12: Reforestation, regeneration and renewal First Shoots: regeneration, renewal and reforestation by Alan Carter Renewing the Kelvin Valley Aspen apothecary – using aspen for remediation Greening the Central Belt Revitalising a neighbourhood in Aberdeen To tree or not to … Read More

Spring/Summer 2011: Woodland shelter First shoots: Scotland’s missing huts From one to a thousand – a personal perspective Hut life – the stories of three communities – Carbeth, Lunga and Soonhope from the perspective of a hutter, a landowner and … Read More

Autumn/Winter 2010: ‘Woodlands and water‘ First Shoots: A fish swam through it – Les Bates, forest gardener and long-term Reforesting Scotland member, introducing this year’s Annual Gathering Restoring riparian woodland Aliens land in Loch Ness – invasive plants in riparian … Read More