The Handbook of Scotland’s Wild Harvests, our new joint venture with the Scottish Wild Harvests Association, was launched in style this weekend by SWHA members at the Big Tent festival in Falkland, with wild food cookery demonstrations all weekend and … Read More
A Thousand Huts is a Reforesting Scotland campaign centred around the idea of the hut as a place, an experience, an endeavour, an ideal for all to enjoy. In contrast to many other European countries, Scotland has a modest historic … 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
This year’s Gathering was held at a rural but central location: the village of Croy in the Kelvin Valley, North Lanarkshire. The theme was be Renewal, looking at how reforestation has formed part of this area’s efforts to reinvent and … 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
For three months the Woodlanders exhibition has been in Aberfeldy. It is now moving to the Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre in Peebles for the whole of October. On October 25th, 730-830pm, also at the Eastgate, Reforesting Scotland members Ian … Read More
An exhibition celebrating Reforesting Scotland’s Woodlanders book will be on show at the excellent Watermill cafe/bookshop/gallery (Mill St, Aberfeldy, PH15 2BG) until 25 September.
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
This year’s theme was “Watersheds and Catchments”. We learned much about the interactions between rivers and woodlands, including a thought-provoking presentation on fertility and phosphorus cycles. During the afternoon we visited the Kinloch Woodland Trust’s project area near Shieldaig which was established in … 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
The Reforesting Scotland Journal has been published continuously since 1992, and under the name ‘The Tree-Planter’s Guide to the Galaxy‘ it dates all the way back to 1989. As time goes on we plan to upload details of many more … Read More