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Trees for Life's former Field Base near Glen Affric

Between 1996 and 2011, Plodda Lodge, near the village of Tomich, just outside Glen Affric, and within our 600 square mile target area functioned as a field base for Trees for Life.

Plodda Lodge

This large three bedroom house is located in a quiet secluded area surrounded by trees, and was built in the 1850s as a laundry for the Guisachan Estate. Its remote location in the forest meant that it was ideally suited for use as a field base for our increased practical work in the area, and the house played an important role in the development of our project. It was purchased with the aid of a substantial donation from one of our members, financial assistance from the Chris Brasher Trust and funds raised by our appeal in February 1995.

Aspen propagation unit and tree nursery

We established our aspen propagation unit in a polytunnel at Plodda lodge, complete with propagation equipment. This facility, together with the increased number of sites to collect root sections from (following an exhaustive survey of aspen stands in Glens Affric, Cannich and Moriston) resulted in many more young aspens being available for planting.

Tree Nursery at Plodda Lodge - a short video clip about our tree nursery (6.6mb).

Jill in nursery Weeding rowans

In the tree nursery at Plodda we specialised in growing some of the rarer and/or less easily available tree species native to the Caledonian Forest such as eared willow, hazel and juniper. The photographs above show volunteers working with Jill Hodge on beds in the tree nursery.

Plodda Lodge - related pages

 

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Published: October 1999

Last updated: 24 November 2011

Trees for Life is an award winning conservation charity working to restore the Caledonian Forest
and all its species to a large contiguous area in the Highlands of Scotland.

Trees for Life is a registered charity Scottish charity No. SC021303, and a company limited by guarantee No. 143304 with its registered offices at Forres, Scotland.
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