Achlochan Coastal Heritage Project Update

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
  The Achlochan Peninsula in Achiltibuie has seen lots of activity over the past two months, with more to come. In late October a week long archaeological survey took place. The main focus was the ruined broch on the south-east of the peninsula, but the entire peninsula was considered and surveyed with many interesting new sites identified – the full…

Rogart Research Team Visit!

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
Last week pupils from Rogart Primary School visited Little Assynt Tree Nursery on a research mission! They are starting their own tree nursery and were having a look at how we do things at Little Assynt. The budding horticulturists learned about all the stages in growing trees and got hands on transplanting Juniper and Scots Pine seedlings and taking Aspen…

Primary 7 Go Wild!

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
Since April, Primary 7 pupils from Lochinver, Stoer, Achiltibuie and Ullapool have been part of an exciting transition project ‘Discovering Wild Places’. It has given the pupils the opportunity to work together to discover, explore and conserve wild spaces, and share their experiences, fulfilling all elements of the Discover level of the John Muir Award, before they head into S1…

Little Assynt Tree Nursery Visitors

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
So far, 2016 at Little Assynt Tree Nursery has been a hive of activity. Back in February we were out with volunteers collecting Juniper seeds and Aspen root, the last to be collected before seed sowing. Volunteers have been helping out on a weekly or fortnightly basis, for an hour or two, or all day. Even some visitors to the…

DofE Volunteers

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
Local teenagers working towards their bronze level of the Duke of Edinburgh award gave up the last day of their Easter holidays to volunteer at Little Assynt tree nursery last Friday. The hard workers help prepare seed beds and learned how to sow Downy Birch seeds into seed trays. Volunteering opportunities are always available at the tree nursery. For after-school volunteering…

Pre school Visit

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
Pre school pupils enjoyed a visit to Little Assynt Tree Nursery last week. They have been learning all about trees. Each pupil picked a tree from the nursery to plant in Culag Wood. They are going to save the world!  

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