Our vision is to restore unproductive land to wild diverse forest, including a range of habitats, in Scotland.
We aim to
- promote re-afforestation of Scotland with native trees
- help tackle climate change
- help improve diversity in nature
- provide opportunities for environmental and conservation education
- provide recreational opportunities in nature
- improve aesthetics of the countryside
Our aim is re-establish ever-changing ecosystems of native woodlands, not to recreate a forest of the past.
We are doing this on a small scale, one tree at a time.
Most forest remnants are still struggling to expand, or even survive, largely because of overgrazing by excessive numbers of deer and sheep. Encouragingly, there is now a huge interest in restoring native woodlands in Scotland, and we have space to do this on a large scale while maintaining important areas of open ground, which can themselves be valuable habitats.
There is a need for a wide range of forest uses, including the provision of timber, but also the need for wild areas free of intensive human management - 'self-willed land', to use a term coined by Aldo Leopold.
The presence of wild forests nourishes the human spirit, and is essential to the health of the Earth.
Helpful instructions for planting your own trees can be found at Trees for Life.
We aim to
- promote re-afforestation of Scotland with native trees
- help tackle climate change
- help improve diversity in nature
- provide opportunities for environmental and conservation education
- provide recreational opportunities in nature
- improve aesthetics of the countryside
Our aim is re-establish ever-changing ecosystems of native woodlands, not to recreate a forest of the past.
We are doing this on a small scale, one tree at a time.
Most forest remnants are still struggling to expand, or even survive, largely because of overgrazing by excessive numbers of deer and sheep. Encouragingly, there is now a huge interest in restoring native woodlands in Scotland, and we have space to do this on a large scale while maintaining important areas of open ground, which can themselves be valuable habitats.
There is a need for a wide range of forest uses, including the provision of timber, but also the need for wild areas free of intensive human management - 'self-willed land', to use a term coined by Aldo Leopold.
The presence of wild forests nourishes the human spirit, and is essential to the health of the Earth.
Helpful instructions for planting your own trees can be found at Trees for Life.