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Foresight Natural Capital (FNC) and D&G Woodlands (DGW) have agreed a new three-year collaboration to support practical, community-led projects that enhance biodiversity, public access and wellbeing across woodlands in Dumfries and Galloway. As part of this collaboration, Foresight will provide… Read More »Foresight Natural Capital signs inaugural collaboration agreement with D & G Woodlands to support forestry community projects  

The Solway Coast and Marine Landscape Connections Project (SCAMP) is the first project supported through the National Heritage Lottery Fund’s ‘Landscape Connections’ programme and is an opportunity to support, celebrate and harness the potential of the Coastal Woodlands along the… Read More »Coastal Woodlands – SCAMP Contract Opportunities : Now Advertised!

An artist, a scientist, and a forester have been working together in Kilsture Forest, near Wigtown. What has this interdisciplinary relationship shown us, and can this uncover new ways of thinking about how we should respond to the climate and… Read More »Future Forest Watching: Artist | Scientist | Forester – Online Event 7.30pm, 3rd Feb

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 #8 – One Year In…

December sees the start of a strategic Native Woodland development project, with work led by Dumfries & Galloway Woodlands and made possible thanks to funding from the Nature Restoration Fund. This will allow Dumfries & Galloway Woodlands to take a… Read More »Dumfries & Galloway’s ‘Wood-Wide Network’ project gets underway

Tis the season! For tree planting! On Wednesday 10th December the Dumfries & Galloway Woodlands crew will be at Glaisters Bridge Community Woodland, near Corsock. We have 150 trees to plant and hope to check on how last year’s trees… Read More »Tree Planting Session @ Glaisters Bridge! All welcome – 10th Dec, 9.30-12noon

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 #7 – Space invader and watching the Regenerates

Rock Whitebeam (Sorbus rupicola) is the most widespread native whitebeam in the UK, but these populations are very scattered and the species is categorised as Nationally Scarce. Sorbus rupicola’s requirement for open but ungrazed habitats, means it is largely recorded… Read More »The search for Rock Whitebeam in Dumfries & Galloway is underway!

This November sees the return of ‘Knowledge Knovember’ – a series of free online events on Tuesday evenings in November that give an opportunity to look at Dumfries & Galloway’s woodlands in new ways. This year the events vary from… Read More »‘Knowledge K(N)ovember’ is coming! Three tree-related online events for dark November evenings!

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 #6 – Bats!