Celebrate the rich landscapes and plant life of the River Tweed at the Nature Journaling – Tweedsmuir Art Show. Held on August 2nd and 3rd at Tweedsmuir Village Hall, this inspiring exhibition showcases the artwork created during an 8-week programme that explored the natural beauty of the Tweedsmuir area. Led by Pete Carthy, a nature […]

Join photographers Zoe Hamill and Kat Gollock at the second event in their new project, Terra Incognita. Through walking, photography, writing and gathering, photographers Zoe Hamill and Kat Gollock seek to create alternative maps of the middle section of the River Tweed by collecting and marking the lesser-heard memories and stories that are housed within […]

According to the medieval tale, ‘The Life of Merlin of the Forest’, Merlin lived in the woods of the South of Scotland in the late 6th Century.

Lyne Fort was constructed during the late Antonine period and, though it was likely occupied for only a few years, its legacy endures nearly 2000 years later.

WORKSHOP FULL Join Dr Coralie Mills, of Dendrochronicle, for a Woodland History and Dendrochronology Workshop at Borders Forest Trust site Dairy Wood, near Moffat. What will the workshop involve? Dendrochronologist and landscape archaeologist Dr Coralie Mills will lead a fascinating workshop, demonstrating and exploring how a synthesis of sources including historical maps and dendrochronological (tree ring) analysis […]

Help Borders Forest Trust at their 2nd annual Big Bag Carry Down! While they now use biodegradable tree guards, when we started planting 25 years ago plastic tubes were the only way to protect trees. Now, with the trees establishing as a woodland, they are removing the plastic tubes so they can be recycled, allowing […]