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The Lost Woods
‘Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.’ Cameron Mackay
The Glasgow Children’s Woodland development has been supported through Scottish Forestry Grant Scheme funding and is a collaboration between The Lost Woods, Glasgow City Council, Green Action Trust, Trees for Cities, Scottish Forestry, Scottish Power and The Conservation Volunteers. Other key partners include Alba Trees, Eadha Enterprise, Castlemilk and Carmunnock Windpark Trust, Climate Ready Schools, Glas-go Bus Alliance, Glasgow Science Centre, NatureScot, RSPB, Scottish Communities Climate Action Network, The Woodland Trust and a number of creative artists.
The Lost Woods is inspired by The Lost Words: A Spell Book by Robert Mcfarlane and Jackie Morris.
In early October, TCV was involved in a fabulous tree planting project involving Glasgow’s primary schools, as outlined here by The Lost Woods team. The Lost Woods, Glasgow Children’s Woodland is a volunteer-led initiative that is empowering young people in Glasgow, the UK and around the world to take positive action in the run-up to COP26. The project saw 147 Glasgow primary schools (including the Additional Support & Learning schools and the Glasgow Home Schooling Network) and over 1,200 children participate in the largest woodland creation in Glasgow for 40 years! The children planted trees they had nurtured from thousands of oak seeds the previous year. In total, 17 thousand new trees will be planted on this spectacular 13hectare site that 5
