Welcome to Reforesting Scotland
Restoring the land and the people
Reforesting Scotland is a network of people involved or interested in restoring Scotland's forest cover and culture. Scotland was once a forest land, until human activities stripped it of almost all its ancient woodland. We believe that bringing back the forest would make Scotland richer economically, ecologically and culturally.
Reforesting Scotland is a broad network. We bring together foresters and foragers, architects and artists, landowners and land reformers, writers, ecologists, chefs, diggers, dreamers and ordinary people with a love of trees.
Reforesting Scotland's projects bubble up from this network. These have ranged from community woodlands and the sustainable harvesting of forest produce to promoting wood as a fuel. We have seeded a number of organisations which are now at the heart of Scotland's forest culture, such as the Community Woodlands Association. We remain at the leading edge of the debate and the action on Scotland's woods.
Coming events:
Radical Rowan - preparations for the next issue of the RS members' newsletter are well under way. It will carry reports from the recent Gathering, and much more. If you have news of the projects you're involved with, or anything else of interest, there still might be time to get in touch with the team - email .
Reforesting Scotland News:
Merry Yuletide! For the second year running, RS has a decorated tree at the office (well, upstairs in St George's, anyway!), as part of the Edinburgh Christmas Tree Festival.
7-9 October: 2011 Reforesting Scotland Annual Gathering. The theme was "Renewal", the location was in the Kelvin Valley. Once again we had informative & inspiring talks from a great set of local people, and fascinating site visits, giving a window into what's happening by way of reforestation in this part of Scotland. Members will get updates from the Gathering in the forthcoming issue of the Radical Rowan; you can also find articles by some of the speakers in issue 44 of the Reforesting Scotland Journal.
The Tree Planter's Guide to the Galaxy - a new book from classic RS material
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