Woodland: making it work for you - Management, planting and utilisation
Date:
Tuesday 8 November 2016 - 12:30 to 15:30
Venue:
Penicuik
Organiser:
Soil Association Scotland
A practical on-farm afternoon looking at benefits of managing farm woodlands, new plantings and business opportunities. The event will include discussion on woodland creation, riparian and shelter belt planting, how to manage existing woodland and opportunities for wood fuel production. Speakers from Woodland Trust Scotland, Forestry Commission Scotland and Jeremy Thompson, Forest Direct.
Booking is required. For further information please call Lyn on 07899 791748 or email lwhite@soilassociation.org
Funded by the Scottish Government and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development with partner funding from Quality Meat Scotland, Forestry Commission Scotland, Innovative Farmers and The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation.
Price:
Free of charge to farmers and land managers & £40.00 plus VAT to others
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A practical on-farm afternoon looking at benefits of managing farm woodlands, new plantings, business opportunities and agri environment schemes. The event will include discussion on woodland creation, how to manage existing woodland, opportunities for wood fuel production and biomass boilers. Speakers include Simon MacGillivray, Chartered Forester; Joe Fergusson, Energy Agency, Richard Huston, Farm Business Services and Forestry Commission Scotland.
Booking is required. For further information please call Lyn on 07899 791748 or email lwhite@soilassociation.org.
Funded by the Scottish Government and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development with partner funding from Quality Meat Scotland, Forestry Commission Scotland, Innovative Farmers and The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation.
