{"id":3313,"date":"2022-04-04T16:15:14","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T15:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningspaces.dundee.ac.uk\/dundeeuniculture\/?p=3313"},"modified":"2025-09-15T10:46:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T09:46:46","slug":"botanic-garden-wee-forest-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/botanic-garden-wee-forest-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Botanic Garden Wee Forest project"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3317\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3317\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3317 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/BG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/BG.jpg 620w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/BG-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Botanic Garden Curator at the tree planting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More than 1200 trees were planted at the end of March, across two locations, as part of the <em>Wee Forest<\/em> initiative. These are environments that, once established, have the potential to attract hundreds of animal and plant species to otherwise urban areas.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3314\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3314\" style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3314\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/2_Robertson-St-planting-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/2_Robertson-St-planting-3.jpg 615w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/2_Robertson-St-planting-3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a0Children at Robertson Street helping with the planting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sites at Robertson Street and Douglas Medical Centre are now home to 600 saplings each, with the hope that the woodland will be a haven for outdoor learning and community enrichment.<\/p>\n<p>The project was led by Scottish Government agency NatureScot, supported by the University of Dundee, and aided by NHS Forest\u2019s partnership with The Great Outdoor Gym Company. The spaces will be looked after by local youngsters, with the assistance of a small team of volunteer Forest Guardians, giving them hands-on experience of nurturing nature and learning more about how the natural world can help combat climate change.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3316\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3316\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3316\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/before-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/before-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/before-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/before-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/before.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a0Before planting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Wee Forests can act as a data collection point for environmental monitoring while also being a community hub for future events and learning opportunities.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3315\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3315\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3315\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/after-1024x461.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/after-1024x461.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/after-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/after-768x346.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/after-1536x691.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2022\/04\/after.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a0Ready for the trees to grow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 1200 trees were planted at the end of March, across two locations, as part of the Wee Forest initiative. These are environments that, once established, have the potential to attract hundreds of animal and plant species to otherwise urban areas. 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