Landmark Trees For multi-award-winning local distiller, Goosnargh Gin, the Landmark Trees project offers the perfect way of giving something back to the landscape from which it takes inspiration.
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achel and Richard Trenchard want their small batch, handcrafted gins to tell a story. A story of the landscape and heritage which furnishes them with both the inspiration, and many of the botanicals, for their produce - and the Landmark Trees project has provided them with the perfect opportunity. Supported by the Forest of Bowland AONB Partnership and local charity, Champion Bowland, Landmark Trees are a way of ensuring that the next generation of Bowland’s beautiful old trees are established before their forebears are lost through old age, disease or storm damage. “We get so much inspiration from our surroundings that we wanted to do something in return,” explained Rachel. “When we heard about the Landmark Trees project, it felt like a great chance to make a lasting contribution to the Bowland landscape.”
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These ‘Landmark Trees’ can be found in hedgerows, parkland, farmland, or on a village green and may be native or nonnative species. Wherever they are, they are important to people as well as to the landscape. Goosnargh Gin’s latest chapter, Dappled Light, captures the essence of the forest on their doorstep – Beacon Fell. This juniper-forward gin uses vibrant, young spruce tips among its blend of botanicals, to offer the zesty, citrus notes which give the gin its character – a link which has inspired a call to action. “We would love our customers to help us find the next Landmark Tree”, said Richard, “and we will make a donation from each bottle sale of Dappled Light to help with the cost of planting and maintaining these important landmarks.” Landmark Tree nominations can be made by emailing sandra.silk@lancashire.gov.uk
