Planting Trees to Diversify Your Farm
Planting Trees to Diversify Your Farm
Woodland creation, management and funding
Wednesday 21 October 9.30–11am
Online event, hosted by Richard Lockett from Knockbain Farm, Dingwall
For over 40 years, the Lockett family has been slowly but steadily planting trees on their farm in the Highlands and using them to diversify their activity. Richard Lockett is also a freelance land management adviser and member of the Scottish Farming and Wildlife Advisors Group (ScotFWAG). He will discuss how, as well as using the trees for livestock shelter and for wood fuel, they have created a community woodland, wetlands and wildflower meadows and opened holiday accommodation.
Come along to discuss:
- Planting trees to diversify your farm
- Planting trees for livestock management and farm wildlife
- Planning your woodland: the right tree in the right place
- Broadleaf woodland management
- Q&A with Richard Lockett
- Funding information from Scottish Forestry
Free of charge to farmers, land managers and foresters in Scotland.
Book online.
For more information contact Ana on 0793 082 4983 (aallamand@soilassociation.org) or Jane on 0131 370 8150 (jdingwall@soilassociation.org)
Run by Soil Association Scotland with funding from the SRDP Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Fund (Scottish Government/European Union), with partner funding from Scottish Forestry, Scottish Water, RSPB Scotland, Innovative Farmers and The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation.