Little Assynt Tree Nursery Archives - Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

The man (and woman) who plant trees*

27th November 2020, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

Most of us have heard the phrase ‘from tiny acorns mighty oaks will grow’, but how many of us have thought what that means when taken literally? For Nick Clooney, however, the proverb basically describes his job! Nick manages Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape’s Little Assynt Tree Nursery, and just this week for example, Nick delivered 2,500 oak and hazel…

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Corona Virus CALLP Update

20th March 2020, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

The situation with the coronavirus has caused various discussion within the Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape Partnership (CALLP) team and the Scottish Wildlife Trust with regards to local and national response, and immediately required, responsible action. This has taken into consideration the wellbeing of the partners, the CALLP team and the wider community, as well as the commitment and ambition…

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Coigach Gathering 2019

2nd July 2019, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

Saturday saw Laura and Vickii return to the Coigach Gathering for another year. A fun filled day packed with lots of scheduled activities and amazing food. One of our stalls activities was our community survey in a map and sticker form allowing us to hear your views on how we are doing as a partnership as we go into year…

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Tree-mendous Volunteers

20th May 2019, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

Today (20th May) we held a volunteer day at Little Assynt Tree Nursery. For those of you unfamiliar with the nursery, they grow all locally sourced seeds collected by Nick and Susan (our amazing nursery team) and volunteers to produce thousands of trees for local planting projects including our Woodland Planting Project. Tasks for the volunteers today included pricking out…

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CALL at the Assynt Games

13th August 2018, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

After a pretty grey start, what a fantastic day we had for the games! The organisers did an amazing job of putting on a wide range of entertainment alongside the more traditional highland game events such as the hammer throw and caber toss. We had a great time meeting so many people from the local community and far beyond. Alongside…

Little Assynt Tree Nursery, People, Training and Wildlife

CALL at the Coigach Gathering

3rd July 2018, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

On Saturday the annual Coigach Gathering kicked off with a performance from the Achiltibuie and Ullapool Pipers and were followed by many other events throughout the day such as the kids and adult hill races, welly wanging and guess the weight of the salmon. Another scorcher of a day brought crowds of locals and tourists to come and enjoy the…

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Tree Planting on Isle martin

2nd July 2018, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

Last week we held a tree planting session on Isle Martin. 1000 trees were taken by boat to our beautiful community island and planted by volunteers from John Muir Trust and the local community. It was a fantastic day with brilliant weather, all be it too hot! A mixture of native trees from locally sourced seed at Little Assynt Tree…

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Volunteers, We Need You!

23rd May 2018, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

Volunteer week is coming! From the 1st to the 7th June we are joining organisations across Scotland in recognising and celebrating the time and dedication of volunteers. Whether it is an hour here and there or long-term volunteers we appreciate all the help and support that people give us. Volunteers are incredibly important to organisations such as ourselves. Skills and…

Little Assynt Tree Nursery, Project news

Vacancy at Little Assynt Tree Nursery

9th March 2018, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

We are delighted to announce that we have a new work opportunity at our Little Assynt Tree Nursery. The post will be employed by The Scottish Wildlife Trust, our lead partner. Application forms and further details can be found on the Scottish Wildlife Trust website. Closing date for applications is 12 noon, Thursday 15th March 2018. Tree Nursery Assistant

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CJS Support Part Time Position at the Tree Nursery

8th December 2016, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

Community Jobs Scotland has awarded a supported position, open to unemployed, vulnerable young (16-29 years old) people, to work at Little Assynt Tree Nursery. The Community Tree Nursery Assistant is a 25 hrs a week position, for a 26 week period. To apply for the position contact Jobcentre Plus or a Skills Development Scotland advisor to access a CJS application form,…