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 […]

EVENT FULL   Join Borders Forest Trust for an exciting weekend camping at Talla Barn and planting at Carlavin Hill. Over the weekend of the 3rd & 4th May 2025  volunteers will have the opportunity to help revitalise the landscape planting montane scrub (dwarf birch and downy willow). Montane scrub is a form of high-altitude […]

EVENT FULL   Join Borders Forest Trust for an exciting weekend camping and planting at Whitehope (Corehead). Over the weekend of the 26th & 27th April 2025  volunteers will have the opportunity to help revitalise the landscape planting montane scrub (dwarf birch and downy willow). Montane scrub is a form of high-altitude tree-line woodland. The habitat […]

Join Borders Forest Trust at Corehead cabin for a morning of festive wreath making, using natural, locally sourced materials. The course will begin at 10am and finish at 1pm. All materials and equipment will be provided, but please bring secateurs if you have them! The stove will be on, tea and coffee will be provided, […]