It’s only a few weeks until our annual members gathering and there’s still time to get your tickets if you get in quick! We’re heading east to the Moray coast, somewhere we’ve not been for a gathering before. Staying at … Read More
Forests are not only made of trees! RS member Liz Murdoch reports from a day with the Edinburgh Agroecology Co-operative, learning about, working with and celebrating some more ‘lowly’ members of the forest community. It’s 18th May 2025 and a … Read More
The Scottish Crofting Federation and Landworkers’ Alliance are joining forces to explore how expanding crofting beyond the Highlands and Islands—and creating new crofts across Scotland—can open up opportunities for new entrants into land work and become a powerful pathway to … Read More
The Spring 2025 issue of the Journal takes a tour of resilient systems, from the use of natural regeneration and diverse species in forestry to a more locally adapted agriculture. Theme articles are Continuous cover forestry by Charlie Taylor, Resilient … Read More
Would you like to produce the Reforesting Scotland Journal? This 44-page, full colour publication comes out each Spring and Autumn, covering a range of themes and reports on the social and ecological regeneration of Scotland. The Editorial Group, comprising members … Read More
Every year, the Reforesting Scotland Gathering takes us to a different part of Scotland to look at inspiring local projects and discuss current issues in woodland management, nature restoration, forest culture and more. For 2025 we’ll be heading for the … Read More
One of our current projects at the moment is the Mountain Birch project which aims to map and propagate high altitude birch and other species in Scotland. We’ve teamed up with Mossy Earth to expand the project and it is … Read More
The Autumn 2024 issue of Reforesting Scotland takes a look at all the great work going on in the South of Scotland, with theme articles on Carrifran, Borders Forest Trust (including the enigmatic Dairy Wood), Tweed Forum’s re-meandering of Eddleston … Read More
The 2024 Reforesting Scotland Gathering has now been finalised and is open for bookings. Tying in with the theme of our forthcoming Journal, The South of Scotland, we’ll be heading south to Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire.… Read More
The Spring 2024 issue of Reforesting Scotland takes a look at ‘Agroforestry’, with theme articles on climate ready farming, livestock integration with woodlands in Scotland, aspen agroforestry, agroforestry and crofting, tree hay, ramial wood chip and woolly pigs. Beasts of … Read More
Reforesting Scotland are investigating the possibility of developing a training programme over the next year or two, focusing on practical woodland-related courses and workshops that are currently hard to find or not available in Scotland. We intend to partner with … Read More
