The D&G Woodlands AGM is proposed for 25th September 2025, 5.30-6.30pm. All members are invited! We are planning to hold the AGM in ‘hybrid’ format – with attendees welcomed either online or in person, in Balmaclellan Smiddy. Comments and input… Read More »D&G Woodlands AGM – 25/09/25 – All members welcome!
All are invited to join musicians, sound artists, and storytellers between 1.30am and 3.30pm on the banks of the River Urr to celebrate World Rivers Day and to look back at 12 months of community activity in the Glaisters Bridge… Read More »Glaisters Bridge Community Woodland celebrates World Rivers Day on 28th September with music, stories and poetry
Through the school summer holidays a programme of ‘Coastal Woodland Adventures’ events have been delivered along the Solway Firth. Aimed at a wide range of ages, these were based in five of our most special woodlands. Topics covered varied from… Read More »More than 300 people take part in Coastal Woodland Adventures Programme!
This week sees the launch of this year’s Dumfries & Galloway Tree Planting Grant Scheme, offering support to small scale tree planting projects across the region. Last season, 73 awards were made, with recipients varying from farmers and landowners through… Read More »The Dumfries & Galloway Tree Planting Grant Scheme is re-launched!
Do you have a bit of spare time to help the Ash Tree? A quick visit to Ash trees near you could help our national response to Ash dieback! We are supporting the Woodland Trust Scotland‘s Tolerant Ash Project. Ash… Read More »Tolerant Ash project – D&G Volunteers sought!
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 #4 – Bats, Badgers and bugs
A milestone for D&G Woodlands – the first ever school visit to Bennel Wood. Sam Lomax from D&G Woodlands, supported by Ranger Toni Lamont, hosted fourteen S2 pupils from Dalbeattie High School on 24th June 2025. During the afternoon visit,… Read More »First School visit to the Woodland Laboratory!
A fantastic first ever members’ event was held on 21st June 2025 at Bennel Wood. D&G Woodlands were excited to host their first ever members’ event at the Bennel Woodland Laboratory, just outside Dalbeattie. Around 35 members attended the ‘Solstice… Read More »Solstice Celebration for Members
An exciting and fun programme of coastal woodland events is planned for the summer holidays, based in woodlands along the Solway Coast. Made up of 30 events in total, these 2-hour sessions aim to give young people the ability to… Read More »Launch of ‘Coastal Woodland Adventures’ events this summer!
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 #3 – Foxgloves