Peter Gascoigne and Chris Blyth of Gascoigne Farm near Biggar have planted 40,000 hardwood and softwood trees on their 850 acre sheep farm over the last 13 years.
The addition of the forest has given the farmers a tax-free income, provided habitats for wildlife and captured carbon. Mr Gascoigne halved the number of sheep they farm to 300 and says the forestry is securing income for the future.
Farmers, landowners and businesses are being urged by Scottish Forestry to repurpose any land not already in use by planting trees in the fight against climate breakdown.