Last week 105 Wild Harvest Trees through the Woodland Trusts Free Trees Scheme arrived in the Allan Water Catchment. Although consisting of varieties that would whet the palate of any wild forager, these fruit/berry/nut trees ...
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Creating a flood friendly orchard
A flood friendly orchard!?! Flooding and orchards is not something you hear commonly associated with one another. Particularly if the orchard is being used to contribute towards minimising flood risk to urban areas. However, ...
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Flood scientists amongst the public!
On Tuesday I had the exciting responsibility of organising and holding a Cafe Scientifique event in the Allan Water Cafe, Bridge of Allan on Natural Flood Management. What is a Cafe Scientifique you ask yourself? Well, a Cafe ...
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Flooding from above!
At the start of this week I was in my office at the University of Stirling and received an alarming e-mail from Paul Gunn, who is a Natural Communities Apprentice, and one of the fellow apprentices I share my TCV office with ...
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From bare land to riparian woodland!
Over the past couple of weeks I have been working on a site called Craigton Farm on the Allan Water Catchment. The landowner of Craigton has a vision that she shares with the Natural Flood Management Project of creating a ...
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