Scottish Temperate Rainforest.
Tony has been staying with us and helping out at the wood removing rhododendron seedlings and bigger plants. Back in Oz he works with conservation groups managing various habitats, so
Ferry Wood is a 40-acre ancient coastal Atlantic oak woodland, a temperate rainforest we – Ed and Carina – have restored since 2016. 9 years ago, we began our journey
Ferry Wood is an Atlantic oak wood, sessile oak (Quercus Petraea) being the dominant tree species with trees of varying ages from tiny saplings to veteran trees. Thanks to the
WINTER There are few plants flowering in winter but Gorse or Whin as it is known in Scotland and Ivy are the exception. The header image is Gorse Ulex. Gorse
Ferry Wood Labyrinth was created in April 2023 , designed by the artist Margaret Ker , It sits in the field below Ferry Wood. We settled on a site for
We have discovered a new tool which helps us manually extract rhodies*: a portable winch, properly known as a tirfor. Seb, a young forester friend of ours, borrowed his girlfriend’s
For the past two weeks Maisie Ingram, a student at the Glasgow School of Art, has been staying in the cabin as our first artist-in-residence. The painting above is one
We have just spotted an explosion of oak seedlings in the wood (image above): the first mass appearance during the eight years we have been managing it. Why this year
We’ve been looking after Ferry Wood for nearly eight years and have learned so much about deer, Sheep, Rhododendron, Bracken, Oak, Birch, lower and flowering plants…the list goes on. The
