Glaisters Bridge Community Woodland, near Corsock, is a result of an innovative partnership between the landowner, Foresight Group, and the community. Funding has now been secured from the Glenkens & District Community Fund to build on existing work, supporting a… Read More »Partnership Funding Success for Glaisters Bridge Community Woodland
Can you help us re-connect native woodlands across Dumfries & Galloway? Have you got experience of finding the right tree for the right place and that tree delivering multiple benefits for landowners? We are advertising three £10,000 contracts, seeking people… Read More »Re-connecting Native Woodlands across Dumfries & Galloway: Contract Opportunities
On Friday 19th June, P6 and P7 from Gatehouse Primary School visited Knocktall Woodland Creation site near Borgue. This was the latest in a series of funded school visits, made possible thanks to a joint partnership between local charity Dumfries… Read More »Gatehouse Primary School Pupils visit Knocktall Woodland Creation Site near Borgue
An exciting, fun and free programme of imaginative events is planned for the summer holidays, hosted in coastal woodland sites across Dumfries & Galloway, from obstacle courses to making and using your own ink. The events are either designed for… Read More »Adventurous participants sought for a summer of Coastal Woodland Quests!
A survey has been launched aiming to gather the views of people growing native trees in Scotland. This forms part of the development phase of major projects in Scotland that are looking to support the tree growing and nursery sector… Read More »Tree Growing Survey launched!
Pupils from Twynholm Primary School enjoyed a hands-on woodland visit on 22nd April. At Knocktall Wood near Borgue, the group made the most of the spring sunshine to learn about the Scottish Outdoor Access Code, timber uses, and forestry skills.… Read More »Twynholm Primary pupils spend a morning at Knocktall Wood, near Borgue
Dumfries & Galloway Woodlands (DGW) is a new charity, established to support trees, habitats and the people that depend upon them. April 2026 has seen a major milestone for the organisation, which now employs its own staff and is taking… Read More »The Dumfries & Galloway Woodlands Charity reaches a ‘root and branch’ milestone
A wooden life-size figure has been crafted to sit on the new picnic bench at the top of Waterside Hill. Before she is installed on the hillside, she will tour the Glenkens through May 2026, igniting discussion and storytelling activities… Read More »Life-size wooden sculpture tours The Glenkens throughout May
In recent months, Dumfries & Galloway Woodlands (DGW) has been working with Glasgow Space company Digital Content Analysis Technology (D-CAT) to start to explore how cutting-edge Earth Observation data and analytics can inform woodland management decisions in the South of… Read More »Exploring how Satellites and Earth Observation Data can assist Woodland Management in Dumfries & Galloway
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 (and lives in!) a recently felled commercial site.… Read More »Bennel Wood – Blog #9 – Lichens…