We’d like to make visiting and getting involved in Jamie’s wood as easy as possible. This page explains how to do just that, along with a few tips and tricks to make everything as smooth as possible.
Jamie's wood is a re-wilding project aiming to create a woodland in Jamie's memory on Glenlude Estate in the Scottish borders. It will be made up of 1,500 native rowan, holly, silver birch, eared willow and oak trees, and will provide rich habitats for wildlife and capture carbon dioxide. Over the course of our lifetime we can expect to see saplings grow into a mature woodland which will stand forever in his memory. You can find out more about Jamie's wood here.
The Glenlude site is a 378 acre area of land on the edge of the Southern Uplands. The John Muir Trust, a wild land conservation charity is working on a 20-year plan to rewild this former sheep farm and conifer plantation into a mosaic of native habitats. You can find out more about the John Muir Trust and the wider Glenlude site here.
Jamie's wood, like most land in Scotland, is Access land, which means that the public has a right to access it (walk through it, have a picnic on it, wild camp within it). This means that anyone can visit the site, anytime. You're welcome to stop by for a walk whenever you'd like - take a look below for information on how to get to the site, and how to find Jamie's wood when you're there.
The site is looked after by Karen, who works for the John Muir Trust. If you'd like plan a visit to help out on the site, you can get in touch with her here. If you're planning to stay overnight, do let her know if possible.
A group of Jamie's friends organises trips each year to go up and work on the site. You can organise a group trip of your own by getting in touch with Karen and planning some dates, or you can join those of us that are already visiting.
The current plans for trips are:
Tree planting can take place from September - May (outside of these times the ground is too dry). We've got 1500 trees to plant over the next 5 years, so we're aiming to go up a few times each year, probably in the spring time.
If the ground is too dry for tree planting, there's still work you could help out with on the site - including tree maintenance (tending young trees) and other tasks around the site.
To give you an idea of what tree planting involves, take a look at:
<aside> 📽️ Video of how to plant a tree
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