As part of Destination Tweed, the Designed Landscapes project is helping to restore important natural and cultural assets along the River Tweed ensuring their legacy for future generations. Project lead Derek Robeson, Tweed Forum, has been working with historic estates to enhance the value of existing veteran trees and help plant the next generation of […]

Borders environmental charity Tweed Forum is encouraging schools across the Scottish Borders and north Northumberland to sign up to TweedWATCH, a new free education initiative that teaches children about the natural environment surrounding the River Tweed and encourages a desire to protect it in the future. TweedWATCH is now teaching primary and secondary school children […]

Borders environmental charity, Tweed Forum has praised the efforts of volunteers in the Scottish Borders and North Northumberland for their help in tackling invasive non-native plant species across the Tweed catchment. The plants, which include giant hogweed, Himalayan balsam, Japanese knotweed and American skunk cabbage, can damage river habitats and even pose a danger to […]

A unique musical composition inspired by the Tweed and the journey of a Water Organ art installation along sections of the river will be premiered in the Scottish Borders next month as part of Connecting Threads, the cultural strand of the £25 million Destination Tweed initiative. Flux Alluvia, by Borders-based composer, Greg Harradine, has been […]