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Grants of up to £1,000 offered to support native tree planting across Dumfries and Galloway
The Dumfries and Galloway Tree Planting Grant Scheme aims to support small scale tree planting projects.
Grants of up to £1,000 are on offer to support the planting of native trees across Dumfries and Galloway.
The Dumfries and Galloway Tree Planting Grant Scheme aims to support small scale tree planting projects, with 73 awards made last year to help plant more than 9,000 trees.
Grants of up to £1,000 are available towards native trees and protection to get them established, with landowners, farmers, schools and community groups among the beneficiaries last year.
The scheme is administered by Dumfries and Galloway Woodlands charity with funding from Woodland Trust Scotland, Scottish Forestry and Dumfries and Galloway Council's nature restoration fund.
Dumfries and Galloway Woodlands' Phil Dowling leads on scheme delivery and said: 'Its time to start thinking of the next tree planting season.
'Trees are a major part of the Dumfries and Galloway landscape, but many of our native trees are old and increasingly susceptible to disease and storm damage; we need to be planting more young trees to safeguard healthy ecosystems for the enjoyment and benefit of both people and biodiversity.
'We've now seen so many unassuming sites transformed through innovative and exciting tree planting projects supported by the Dumfries and Galloway Tree Planting Grant Scheme; I'd urge anyone with a small bit of land, be it a farm, school playing-field or community site, to apply.
'We are attending a series of agricultural shows this summer, do ask us for more information if you see us. Massive thanks to the scheme's funders: Scottish Forestry, Woodland Trust Scotland and the Council's Nature Restoration Fund.'
