How the Scottish Redwood Trust came about! Part 2 of 2
How the Scottish Redwood Trust came about! By Fiona Ross, Co-founder and Chair of the Scottish Redwood Trust Today, 6 years on from...
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May 1, 20213 min read
Response to the recent 'How the Scottish Redwood Trust came about' blog, by Tricia Anderson
Dear Fiona I have just read the blog article you wrote about how the trust started. Great reading. It's just so amazing... the...
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Apr 29, 20218 min read
How the Scottish Redwood Trust came about! Part One of Two.
How the Scottish Redwood Trust came about! Part 1 of 2 by Fiona Ross When I think back to how the Trust started, it alludes to how ideas...
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Apr 18, 20214 min read
As I drove up Alba Road, venturing into last summer’s CZU fire zone eight months on by Peggy Edwards
Today I ventured into last summer’s CZU (Santa Cruz Unit) fire zone for the first time. The fires began last August after a series of...
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Apr 2, 20216 min read
Running the Redwood Route: Glasgow’s west end by Emily Bryson
I meet Fiona at the donkey statue on Woodlands Road. It seems fitting as most tours of the West End would involve this statue, the...
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Feb 27, 20213 min read
Scottish Redwoods: the perfect local adventure by Emily Bryson
As with many outdoors enthusiasts, the past year has been a challenge. While my ideal weekend involves a trek, bike or run in pastures...
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Jun 23, 20202 min read
“It would puzzle a monkey to climb that!”
by Peggy Edwards Yet, there is no puzzle as to why redwoods (tree to the left) and monkey puzzle trees (tree to the right) are often...
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May 15, 20203 min read
Redwoods of Scotland, the Superlatives by Peggy Edwards
As you drive through the countryside in Scotland, especially in Perth and Kinross, you’ll occasionally look into the distance and notice...
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Jan 7, 20193 min read
Dendrochronology by Peggy Edwards
Did you know that the first person to mention that trees form rings annually and that their thickness is determined by the conditions...
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Dec 16, 20183 min read
Bringing Back the Giants: to Clone or not to Clone by Peggy Edwards
The tallest, oldest and most massive non-clonal trees on the planet are the coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens); the bristlecone pine...
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Oct 29, 20182 min read
What does Rossie Priory, David Douglas and the Santa Cruz Forests in California have in common?
Although known by Native American for millennia, the first European to describe the coast redwood found within the fog belt of the...
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Oct 3, 20186 min read
The Giant Sequoia of Gillies Hill under Threat by Peggy Edwards, redwood aficionado
In the Autumn of 2007, a friend and I were exploring Gillies Hill near Stirling looking for the fourth largest Scots pine in Britain when...
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Sep 13, 20184 min read
The Redwood Story - B.C. to 1848
Written by Fiona Ross September 2018 In researching this blog, I have learnt so more about these majestic trees and their fate. It's the...
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