This year we are delighted to be holding our first ever Woodland Trust Volunteering Scotland Conference! It's to be held on Saturday 28th September at the Birnam Institute in Birnam, Perthshire. On the day there'll be a mix of talks and indoor and outdoor workshops...
Joanna Gilliatt, one of our Ancient Woodland Restoration volunteers in the north of Scotland, carried out some fascinating work into the history of Bobbin Mills in the north of Scotland and their important relationship with woodlands. She has written a summary article, which you can see here. She's also...
Judy Dowling is, as always on a mission! She is passionate about trees and her latest spin off from her role as Lead Ancient Tree Verifier for Scotland has been to collect acorns from the ancient Cadzow oaks on Chatelherault Country Park near Glasgow, and...
Sunday 16th December was a day to visit this beautiful Woodland Trust site near Loch Leven in Fife, to choose your free takeaway Christmas tree! This popular event has been running for many years. The recipe is that you turn up, choose a tree, cut it down and take it...
Huge congratulations to all the volunteers and to site manager Jill Aitken after a phenomenal planting week at Kinclaven Bluebell Wood in Perthshire. The Trust bought this stunning oak wood in 2017, along with some adjacent fields, many of which had previously been under woodland...
Kinclaven Woodland Working Group have boundless energy and enthusiasm! Having helped out for several days at our planting week the week before last, helping corporate volunteers and school children plant trees and remove rhododendron, the group has now had another really good go at both activities,...
Eriskay crofter Anne MacIntyre got an extra treat when she came to our Scottish Parliament Reception to receive the Scottish Tree of the Year (STOTY) Trophy - an illicit seat in Nicola Sturgeon's chair! Winner "Netty's Tree" is on Anne's croft. Planted over 100 years ago this...
Maggie McCallum volunteers at our Glen Finglas Gateway Visitor Centre; she's one of a group of volunteers who are the friendly face of the Woodland Trust to visitors to this spectacularly beautiful site. Glen Finglas has a high number of visitors from overseas, and so the...
George Guthrie is a volunteer at Portmoak Moss in Fife, near Loch Leven, and has written us a piece about his experiences and findings there. For many years he has been recording invertebrates at the site, passing the records on to the Site Manager to...
Last Friday, Gwen Raes, our Estate Ranger at Glen Finglas, held her annual end of season bash for her volunteers. Most are Woodland Engagement Volunteers, who are the welcoming face to the public of the Woodland Trust at our Gateway Visitor Centre, but there are other roles, such as...