Borders Forest Trust
| Abbreviation | BFT |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1996[1] |
| Type | Conservation charity |
| Headquarters | Monteviot Nurseries, Ancrum, Jedburgh, Scotland |
Area served | South of Scotland |
| Trustees | |
| Website | bordersforesttrust.org |
Borders Forest Trust is a registered charity working on landscape-scale ecological restoration of the South of Scotland.
Vision
Borders Forest Trust states that its long-term ambition is to see southern Scotland as a place where "a rich tapestry of native woodlands and wild places flourish, cared for by volunteers and local communities."[2]
History
Borders Forest Trust was founded in 1996 by a group of volunteers including the Wildwood Group, Philip and Myrtle Ashmole, and Tim Stead.[3][4]
In 2021, a conference was held to mark the organisation’s 25th anniversary.[5][6]
Land holdings
Over the organisation’s 30 year history, it has purchased four sites across the Moffat Hills in the Southern Uplands:
- Carrifran Wildwood
- Corehead & the Devil’s Beef Tub[7]
- Talla & Gameshope[8]
- Ericstane & Dairy Wood[9]
Borders Forest Trust also owns Drygrange Community Woodland near Melrose.[10]
See also
- Woodland Trust - the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity.
- John Muir Trust - a charity established in 1983 to conserve wild land and wild places for the benefit of all
- Trees for Life - a Scottish charity founded in 1986 with the aim of rewilding the Scottish Highlands.
- Rewilding Britain - an organisation founded in 2015 that aims to promote the rewilding of Great Britain.
References
- ↑ "Registration at Companies House, 12 January 1996".
- ↑ "Borders Forest Trust Homepage".
- ↑ Ashmole, Philip (2009). The Carrifran Wildwood Story. Borders Forest Trust. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-9534346-4-0. Search this book on
- ↑ "Registration at Companies House, 12 January 1996".
- ↑ "Trust buys How tree planters turned a bare valley into a wooded glen, www.bbc.co.uk, 7 October 2021". BBC News. 6 October 2021.
- ↑ "Rewilding the Borderlands – Celebrating 25 years of ecological restoration".
- ↑ "Trust buys Devil's Beef Tub, Daily Record, 10 June 2009". 9 June 2009.
- ↑ "Borders Forest Trust purchases Talla & Gameshope, adjacent to Carrifran Wildwood, Wildland Research Institute, 1 March 2014".
- ↑ "Wild Heart Land by Crabtree & Crabtree, 7 February 2025". 7 February 2025.
- ↑ "Visit by HRH Prince of Wales, June 2003".
External links
- Official website
- "Borders Forest Trust, Registered Charity no. SC024358". Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator.
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