Creating Woodlands – learning from the experinces of others

Past Event - see recording below

Hear how two woodland groups created their own new woodlands, and the processes they went through to get there. 

• John Hitchcock - SEAchange (Slains Environment Action for Change), Collieston, Aberdeenshire.

  John discusses: grants for land purchase; grants for forest planting; the interface with community (the ups and downs); planting (commercial v volunteers); the glyphosate debate; the delights of success and the developing passion for trees. 

• Becca Long and Tasha Fyffe from the Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust. 

  Becca and Tasha discuss: how they went about creating their woodland with help from different organisations; the process of bringing Sandamhor woodland creation project to life (10ha wood); about the trees planted having been grown in the island tree nursery and planted by islanders, giving the islanders more ownership of the wood.