A partnership project involving local schools, Dumfries Prison and Dumfries & Galloway Woodlands is making progress, with acorns collected in 2023 being planted and looked after in the Prison Polytunnels. With the acorns now sprouting, the saplings are being distributed… Read More »Next Generation of local Oaks sprouting thanks to Prison partnership efforts
Dumfries & Galloway Woodlands is a new initiative with ambitious goals. We want to provide a local and tangible response to the biodiversity and climate crises, supporting trees, habitats and the people that depend upon then. We are now in… Read More »We are recruiting! Could you be our Administrator?
Carsphairn Community Woodland continues to develop activities and facilities at Muirdrochwood Woodland, near Carsphairn. The Directors are now looking to recruit the next Forestry Pre-Apprentice on a six-month training contract for a whole range of outdoor and practical tasks on… Read More »Search Underway for the new Muirdrochwood Forestry Apprentice!
Struck by the depleted state of nature in her native Scotland, Flo journeys around Europe, where she encounters a different story, finding places where nature is making a dramatic comeback. Inspired by a sense of hope and renewal, she is… Read More »The acclaimed ‘Why not Scotland’ Film comes to the Glenkens – 6th June @ 7.30pm
Join Ted Leeming and Morag Paterson, along with Malcolm Haddow from SWSEIC and McNabb Laurie from D&G Woodlands, for a weekend of art, walks in the woods and citizen science as part of this year’s spring fling, kindly supported by… Read More »Spring Fling 25-27th May – Join us at Studio 54 with Leeming & Paterson + Friends
Through recent months, the South of Scotland Tree Planting Grant Scheme has funded the planting of 9,099 native trees across Dumfries & Galloway. Awards have been made from Langholm to the Rhins of Galloway through the scheme’s third season of… Read More »More than 9,000 Native Trees planted across Dumfries & Galloway this year through Tree Grant Scheme
The Deadline for applications to this season’s South of Scotland Tree Planting Grant Scheme has now passed, with 92 awards made across D&G, from Langholm to Stranraer. Recipients varied from landowners and farmers through to school and community groups. The… Read More »92 Tree Planting awards made across Dumfries & Galloway!
On 11th March, a group of local residents and green-fingered volunteers planted 20 new trees along the Kingholm Quay Cycle Path in Dumfries. The trees – 10 Oak and 10 Alder – were chosen to complement trees already along the… Read More »Volunteers gather for Tree Planting on Kingholm Quay Path
Dumfries & Galloway Woodlands is a new initiative with ambitious goals. We want to provide a local and tangible response to the biodiversity and climate crises, supporting trees, habitats and the people that depend upon then. Trees are a vital… Read More »We are Recruiting! Could you be our ‘Woodland ACTION Officer’?
Dumfries & Galloway Woodlands is a new initiative seeking to deliver tangible responses to the climate and biodiversity crises in the region. Launched in 2023, Dumfries & Galloway Woodlands is already leading a number of projects, supporting trees, habitats and… Read More »Branching Out! Dumfries & Galloway Woodlands secures major grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund