Carol Evans, Woodland Trust Scotland Director, has sent this Christmas message to all volunteers in Scotland: [caption id="attachment_14951" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Scottish Tree of the Year 2019 awards, held at the Scottish Parliament December 17th 2019, For those of you who don't know her, Carol is in...
Hello Loch Arkaig ancient tree recorders! It seems like forever ago that we were scrambling across the hillside in search of Arkaig’s ancient trees. Thank you so much for all that came to help us record an impressive 80 trees, which revealed a special mix of...
Well we did not cancel the working party on the 12th this time, and the heavy rain did stop just in time, but it was still enough to deter the majority and produce our lowest ever turn out of three,( later augmented by Bev and...
Volunteers came together last week for our last volunteer task day of 2019. We visited Drumnaph Woodland in Maghera and worked within the wetland area to cut and remove willow that was starting to dry up the ground. The wetland provides such a range of...
As we hurtle towards the end of the year, it’s worth reflecting - what a year! Trees and woods have never been more recognised for the value they bring. In a year when the climate crisis is so front and centre in the news, trees,...
'One of our core objectives is “To enable, encourage and promote formal and informal activities for all age groups, including any person with a disability or handicap, to take an interest in trees.” Doing that by planting >46,000 trees in this suburban area working in partnership...
So how can you identify a tree when the leaves have gone and you are faced with a seemingly lack of key features. It turns out that there are a few ways that trees can be identified during the winter months, by observing tree location...
Erin McKeown was awarded the Hazel award this year, unfortunately Erin was unable to make it to the awards ceremony so the award was collected on her behalf by fellow volunteer Peter Lyons (pictured) The Hazel award recognises the contribution of a new volunteer that has...
Hello all Firstly, I would like to thank all of our Skipton volunteers very much for your support this year – I very much appreciate the time you give to the Trust and to Skipton Woods, we couldn’t do it without you and the woodland is...
The Woodland Trust has decided to follow and document a year in the life of a single tree and we'd like you to do the same. We've been monitoring the Grantham Oak, a beautiful tree more than 400 years old, that many of us pass on...