Tis the season for squirrelling nuts 🌰 🍂

Over the last few weeks volunteers from our brilliant planting partners at @treesforlifeuk and from the @woodlandtrust have been scooping up bumper crops of acorns, hazel, alder, elder and hawthorn seeds 🐿✨on the Western Isles in Scotland.

These tiny nutty powerhouses are now being carefully stratified (kept in ideal conditions to encourage germination) ready to sprout into strong young trees by Spring 2026–2027. 🌱

Why gather local seeds? Because they carry the unique genetics of the Scottish landscape - tough, resilient and perfectly adapted to thrive in wild Highland weather. 💪🌦

Once grown into healthy young whips, they’ll be planted across the Highlands to restore native woodland and breathe life back into the once Great Caledonian Forest. 🌳💚

A massive thank you as ever to CAP’s generous clients who are funding this -

@motherlondon @greenshoot @scoutproductions @fresh_locations @dsp @hungrymaninc @biscuit.filmworks @offbeatldn @smugglersite @kington_toilet_hire @neutrinofilms @janemossman @academyfilms @baselocation @fuseprodco @artpractice.studio plus many others who have funded via collaboration with @scoutproductions. Together it has funded 6,500 trees to be planted by @treesforlifeuk🌲🙌 #planttrees #seedgathering#highlands #rewilding #climateaction

Thanks to © Laura Corbe for the great photos