Last weekend saw the culmination of a lot of work by community members and local partners in Stranraer, with trees planted in Rephad Primary School grounds and on the Stanctuary Project site. In total 409 trees were planted at the… Read More »Community Tree Planting reaches fever-pitch in Stranraer!
On 12th March, two night time walks took place at Kirkconnel Flow near Dumfries, and attendees might never be able to look at the natural world in the same way again… Dumfries & Galloway Woodlands – in partnership with the… Read More »Bioflourescence – a new way of looking at the Natural World
To support the ‘Bennel Wood – Woodland Laboratory’ project, we’ll be posting a series of blogs as we learn more about natural regeneration and the influence different treatments have on what grows on a recently felled commercial site. The first… Read More »Bennel Wood – Blog #1 – This ‘Awkward’ Wood
Sign up here for what will surely be a highlight of your half term… These events are a partnership between Dumfries & Galloway Woodlands and the Solway Coast & Marine Project (SCAMP). Sessions are run by the brilliant Ranger Toni… Read More »Winter Wildlife Tracking Events – 21/02 & 22/02
What naturally regenerates on a felled woodland site if it isn’t replanted? How can different ‘natural regeneration’ treatments influence the range of timber and other income streams possible from a felled site left to naturally regenerate? Bennel Wood, a 13-hectare… Read More »‘Woodland Laboratory’ established to examine natural regeneration processes on forestry sites
Where do our Apples come from? Why does Dumfries & Galloway Have such a high proportion of ‘pure’ crab apples? What can we do to protect this? These questions will be explored in a fun and informative online event at… Read More »Online event explores the history of national and local Dumfries & Galloway Apples – 28th Jan @ 7.30pm
What happens if an Artist shadows a Forester for a year? What unexpected connections will be revealed? A 12-month artists residency is now underway that aims to explore artistic interpretations of the work of a forester, giving a chance to… Read More »‘The Curious Conversations – Into the Woods’ – Artist residency is underway
Autumn is coming to an end and oh how it reminded us that it can be both warm one moment and then chill us to the bones the next. As the people of Dumfries & Galloway (and further afield!), huddled… Read More »(K)nowledge (K)November – information overload!
Standing by the rustic woodland bridge he built, Forestry Pre-Apprentice Shaun McClune tells Sam Lomax (Dumfries & Galloway Woodlands Administrator) about all the progress he has been making in the role since he started in September 2024. Shaun is half-way… Read More »Catching up with the Carsphairn Community Woodlands Pre-Apprentice
This year 110 Crab Apple Trees from across Dumfries & Galloway were tested to identify whether they were ‘pure’ crab apples (Malus sylvestris) or hybridized with other ‘non-native’ apple trees (Malus domestica). DNA-testing has revealed that 21 of the 110… Read More »80% of the Dumfries & Galloway Crab Apple trees tested are found to be ‘pure’