This year Trees for Life will be celebrating the planting of its Millionth Tree with a series of events, starting with a lecture tour by Trees for Life founder and executive director, Alan Watson Featherstone, continuing with Treelay 2012, and culminating with the planting of the Millionth Tree itself on 20th May.
Planting of the Millionth Tree
Sunday, 20th May, 2012 is the planting day for the Millionth Tree. There will be an exciting programme of events for the day - see here for more details! We are very honoured to have Scottish wildlife camera-man and film maker, Gordon Buchanan, performing the planting. Gordon has an impressive catalogue of credits to his name including BBC television specials such as Big Cat Diary and Springwatch.
Treelay 2012
Route map and details
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The Treelay aims to acknowledge all the sites that Trees for Life volunteers and staff have worked on since the charity began practical work in 1989. The Treelay will take the form of a relay of walking and cycling, with the individual legs varying from 13 km to 43 km in length.
Starting on the morning of Saturday, 5th May at Dundreggan Estate, the relay will take 14 days to complete, concluding at Dundreggan on the afternoon of 19th May, the day before the Millionth Tree planting itself on the 20th May.
It is proposed that the Millionth Tree will journey with the walk/cycle participants as they visit all the main Caledonian Forest remnants in the charity’s Project Area.
We are looking for fit and healthy participants to undertake a leg of the relay and raise at least £100 sponsorship each … and there will be a prize for the most funds raised! Páramo have donated a jacket from their Pájaro range, worth £270. As well as this, anyone who raises over £150 will recieve an exclusive Millionth Tree t-shirt, and there will be Millionth Tree hoodies for anyone who raises over £200.
Some of the longer legs will be split over 2 days with a night spent in the wilds – a summary of the route and individual legs can be viewed here. For more information and details on how to participate please contact Fiona - fiona@treesforlife.org.uk - at Trees for Life.
Alan's Lecture Tour
Throughout March and April, Alan travelled the length and breadth of Britain informing and inspiring audiences with The Millionth Tree lecture tour - promoting and celebrating the work of Trees for Life since 1989 in helping to restore the Caledonian Forest in the Highlands of Scotland. Featuring outstanding photographs of the forest and its species, and dramatic ‘before and after’ images that show the changes that have occurred as the forest returns, the tour provided a positive and inspiring message
about how we can all help to reverse the process of deforestation.
Published: 25 January 2012
Last updated: 11 May 2012