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
Caird Hall, Dundee – Saturday 20th April 2024 Hearing from Hutters Whether you are just curious about hutting, making serious plans or already a seasoned hutter, we’d like to invite you to the 2024 Hutters Rally. The Rally is a … Read More
Welcome to the Autumn 2023 issue of Reforesting Scotland, our 68th issue, with the theme of ‘Our changing world’. Theme articles are: Read the Full Version of the Journal Online! RS Members can now read the full version of the … Read More
The 2023 Reforesting Scotland Gathering has now been finalized. We’ll be filling in one of the big gaps on the map of previous Gatherings, with our first ever trip to the Great Glen. The venue will be Invergarry and the … Read More
“Dendritic (or tree-shaped) patterns can be found throughout nature on every scale, from the veins of a leaf, to the drainage system of a river, to the vascular system of our lungs or the branching dendrites in our brain. Some … Read More
Welcome to the Spring 2023 issue of Reforesting Scotland, our 67th issue, with the theme of ‘Green lairds?’ and a special feature on woodland crofts. Theme articles are: Read the Full Version of the Journal Online! RS Members can now … Read More
Back in October we had a great weekend hosted at Green Aspirations Scotland all about coppicing. It had been organised by Green Aspirations, collaborating with Reforesting Scotland and The Landworkers Alliance. Here’s a run down of what we got up … Read More