Presenting the 2019 Awards, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon MSP said: “ It’s wonderful to see young people in Scotland, from nursery through to secondary school, engaging with trees and our natural environment in such a positive way. The ever-popular Crown Estate Schools’ Trophy returns, won in 2019 by Earthtime Forest School Nursery in Duffus, Moray, with Levenmouth Academy, Buckhaven, Fife, named runner-up for helping to plant 8,000 trees beside the school. SAC Consulting, part of Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), sponsors the overall Farm Woodland Award, won in 2019 by John Drysdale and Kieran Kelly for Kilrie Farm, Kirkcaldy, Fife.Īngela Douglas added: “ We are very grateful to SAC Consulting and Scottish Woodlands Ltd for helping to establish the Farm Woodland Awards with the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland – and to all our very generous sponsors.” The Young People Award is for farmers or crofters and/or their forest or woodland managers aged 40 or under. They are our most valuable asset in terms of shelter for animals and fuel for us, as well as sequestering carbon and biodiversity.” The Scottish Woodlands Ltd Trophy for Young People (Farm Woodland Award) was awarded for the first time in 2019 and won by the outstanding Lynn Cassells and Sandra Baer for Lynbreck Croft, Grantown on Spey.Īfter they won in 2019, Lynn said: “We tried to achieve full integration of trees and woodsinto the farm business. “The Awards have always had a wide geographical reach, as well as reflecting the huge variety of excellent woods and forests in Scotland and I’m sure that 2020 will be no exception,” Angela Douglas added.Īpart from the one-off Centenary Award, all other prizes are back for 2020, including two Farm Woodland Awards. The 2019 winners stretched from Michaelswood Public Amenity in Aith, Shetland (winner of the Small Community Woodland Group Award) to Beirhope, near Kelso, in the Scottish Borders – winner of the New Commercial Woodlands Awards. The challenge is to find more wonderful winners to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Awards in 2020.” “We were delighted to celebrate that by honouring a range of brilliant winners – from a nursery school helping children discover the wonder of trees to Forestry and Land Scotland for their skilled management of Fort Augustus Woodlands over generations. Angela Douglas, Executive Director of Scotland’s Finest Woods Awards, said: “2019 was a hugely significant year for trees in Scotland, with planting targets surpassed, full devolution of forestry policy and the centenary of the 1919 Act.
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