Rogart Research Team Visit!

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Last week pupils from Rogart Primary School visited Little Assynt Tree Nursery on a research mission! They are starting their own tree nursery and were having a look at how we do things at Little Assynt. The budding horticulturists learned about all the stages in growing trees and got hands on transplanting Juniper and Scots Pine seedlings and taking Aspen…

Primary 7 Go Wild!

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Since April, Primary 7 pupils from Lochinver, Stoer, Achiltibuie and Ullapool have been part of an exciting transition project ‘Discovering Wild Places’. It has given the pupils the opportunity to work together to discover, explore and conserve wild spaces, and share their experiences, fulfilling all elements of the Discover level of the John Muir Award, before they head into S1…

Little Assynt Tree Nursery Visitors

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So far, 2016 at Little Assynt Tree Nursery has been a hive of activity. Back in February we were out with volunteers collecting Juniper seeds and Aspen root, the last to be collected before seed sowing. Volunteers have been helping out on a weekly or fortnightly basis, for an hour or two, or all day. Even some visitors to the…

Work Opportunity with CALL

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Little Assynt Tree Nursery Seed Collection Organiser Contract In partnership with the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, Little Assynt Tree Nursery is to collect local tree seed for the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership.  The Little Assynt Tree Nursery is a project of Coigach Assynt Living Landscape (CALL). The Nursery is looking to contract a Seed Collection Organiser to locate and collect…

NC500 Wildlife Festival 28th May- 5th June 2016

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As we are perfectly positioned on the NC500 route, it gives us the opportunity to be part of the NC500 Wildlife Festival 2016! We are hosting the ‘Secret Life of Trees’ event on Friday 3rd June 1pm-4pm at Little Assynt Tree Nursery. It’s your chance to peek behind the scenes at the conservation of our native tree species and get…

Brownies and Rainbows Visit the Tree Nursery

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Last weeks visit by the the local Brownies and Rainbows to Little Assynt Tree Nursery saw them rise to the challenge. They transplanted seedlings, made cress heads AND solved the clues to a tricky treasure hunt ALL in an afternoon!

DofE Volunteers

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Local teenagers working towards their bronze level of the Duke of Edinburgh award gave up the last day of their Easter holidays to volunteer at Little Assynt tree nursery last Friday. The hard workers help prepare seed beds and learned how to sow Downy Birch seeds into seed trays. Volunteering opportunities are always available at the tree nursery. For after-school volunteering…

Spring Open Day

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A wet day didn’t put visitors off coming along to Little Assynt tree nursery’s open day last week. Live music from our brilliant local musicians created a great atmosphere and cake kept everyone happy. Creative kids made cress heads and tried out the tree puzzles dotted around the nursery. Thank you to everyone who contributed and came along to support us.…

Willow Weaving in Achiltibuie

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As part of Little Assynt tree nursery’s Spring open day celebrations last week we ran a willow bird feeder course in Achiltibuie. Visitors to the area and local people came along to try their hand at willow weaving under the expert eye of local willow grower and weaver Midge. Everyone that took part had a great time and set off home…

Tree of the Month!

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Just in case you missed any of our Tree of the Month Facebook posts from March, we have put them all together in this blog. Each month we pick one of the native trees we grow at Little Assynt Tree Nursery and tell you a bit about them. We’re big fans of aspen here.  It is one of our most…

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