Calling all budding photographers! Do you want to help create a unique outdoor multi-site gallery in the stunning landscape of Tweedsmuir? Enter the competition below and your photograph could be used in this brand new exhibition showcasing the importance of the River Tweed in the community. Upper Tweed Community News are looking for photographs inspired […]

Join Scottish Borders Council and Destination Tweed at this latest consultation event for the proposed active travel link between Priorsford and Fotheringham Footbridges. This will be an open information session to learn more about the proposed active travel routes through Peebles alongside the River Tweed. The proposed route will form part of the River Tweed […]

We are well into Year 1 of Uncovering the Tweed and have achieved lots already! As light starts to appear at the end of the winter tunnel, we’re turning our minds to plans for new archaeology projects for 2025. We have exciting surveys, excavations and workshops lined up, but we would also like to hear […]

Join Borders Forest Trust at the Corehead cabin and orchard for an apple grafting workshop with Mark Shipperlee. Mark will provide rootstocks and a wide variety of heritage apple scions to choose from, and you will be able to take two grafted trees home with you (this has a cost of £10, once you have […]

Join Borders Forest Trust at the Corehead orchard for a workshop led by apple tree expert Mark Shipperlee, where you will learn various aspects of orchard management with a focus on restorative winter pruning of apple trees. It’s worth noting this is a rural location, there is a compost toilet on the site but the […]

Gathering Light is the first solo exhibition in Scotland for artist and photographer Sam Laughlin. The exhibition is the first public opportunity to view Laughlin’s new series of large format black and white photographs, produced during his 2024 Wild Heart artist residency, run by Connecting Threads in partnership with Borders Forest Trust. Gathering Light showcases a […]