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WELCOME

Welcome to the Orkney Woodland Project website. We hope this will be a useful site for anyone wanting information on any aspects of trees and woodlands in Orkney. Please get in touch with any news, questions and ideas.

Oh ... and by the way ... yes, trees DO grow in Orkney!

What is the Orkney Woodland Project?

Orkney Woodland Project has been running since 1998 and is an Orkney wide project which aims to involve the community in planting, caring for, learning about and enjoying our local trees and woodlands. The project has a part-time woodland officer, Jenny Taylor, and is currently funded by the Forestry Commission, Orkney Islands Council, and Scottish Natural Heritage.

How can we help you?

Orkney Woodland Project’s advice and time is provided free to everyone including schools, community groups and individuals. If you have an idea for an event or project, which involves trees, please give Jenny a call.

OWP can :

  • give you advice on the best ways to choose, plant, establish and maintain trees, whether you are an individual, community group, or schools
  • give you updated information on current grants and draw up plans and applications for you
  • work with schools on classroom or outdoor projects
  • hold walks, talks and other events throughout the County


We have a range of useful, locally-produced leaflets which are free and available from libraries and other sources, or by contacting the project.

How can you help us?

Would you like to go seed collecting on Hoy, help monitoring existing woodland sites or join in planting and maintaining young trees at Happy Valley?  Over the next few years we hope many people will get involved in our projects. This is a great opportunity to get out and about, often to places that you may not usually see and to enjoy some practical conservation work with some other like-minded folk. It should be fun, so please get in touch if you are interested.
 

Donations

The current project funding lasts only until the end of 2012, so we are looking for funding to continue and also to eg supply small quantities of trees to schools, create more information sheets and leaflets etc. We therefore welcome any donations, however small ... or large.