SRTrustJun 30, 202110 minHow the Scottish Redwood Trust came about! Part 2 of 2How the Scottish Redwood Trust came about! By Fiona Ross, Co-founder and Chair of the Scottish Redwood Trust Today, 6 years on from...
SRTrustMay 1, 20213 minResponse to the recent 'How the Scottish Redwood Trust came about' blog, by Tricia AndersonDear Fiona I have just read the blog article you wrote about how the trust started. Great reading. It's just so amazing... the...
SRTrustApr 29, 20218 minHow 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...
SRTrustApr 18, 20214 minAs I drove up Alba Road, venturing into last summer’s CZU fire zone eight months on by Peggy EdwardsToday 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...
SRTrustApr 2, 20216 minRunning the Redwood Route: Glasgow’s west end by Emily BrysonI meet Fiona at the donkey statue on Woodlands Road. It seems fitting as most tours of the West End would involve this statue, the...
SRTrustFeb 27, 20213 minScottish Redwoods: the perfect local adventure by Emily BrysonAs with many outdoors enthusiasts, the past year has been a challenge. While my ideal weekend involves a trek, bike or run in pastures...
SRTrustJun 23, 20202 min“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...
SRTrustMay 15, 20203 minRedwoods of Scotland, the Superlatives by Peggy EdwardsAs you drive through the countryside in Scotland, especially in Perth and Kinross, you’ll occasionally look into the distance and notice...
SRTrustJan 7, 20193 minDendrochronology by Peggy EdwardsDid you know that the first person to mention that trees form rings annually and that their thickness is determined by the conditions...
SRTrustDec 16, 20183 minBringing Back the Giants: to Clone or not to Clone by Peggy EdwardsThe tallest, oldest and most massive non-clonal trees on the planet are the coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens); the bristlecone pine...
SRTrustOct 29, 20182 minWhat 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...
SRTrustOct 3, 20186 minThe Giant Sequoia of Gillies Hill under Threat by Peggy Edwards, redwood aficionadoIn the Autumn of 2007, a friend and I were exploring Gillies Hill near Stirling looking for the fourth largest Scots pine in Britain when...
SRTrustSep 13, 20184 minThe Redwood Story - B.C. to 1848Written by Fiona Ross September 2018 In researching this blog, I have learnt so more about these majestic trees and their fate. It's the...