Welcome to the web site for the Friends of Inverewe
Last updated Jan 29th 2010
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| Inverewe Garden | Corrieshalloch Gorge |
The Friends of Inverewe are a voluntary group who promote and support the National Trust for Scotland properties at Inverewe Garden and Corrieshalloch Gorge, encourage visitors to attend, fund raise for various projects at the property and organise social events. Membership is open to both NTS and non-NTS members.
NEWS
Nine very unusual young trees have recently been donated to The National Trust for Scotland’s Inverewe Garden They are Wollemi pines, not true pines but relatives of the monkey puzzle tree, first discovered only in 1994 in steep, rocky gorges in the Wollemi National Park north west of Sydney. They are known as fossils from 200 million years ago, so the living ones are truly ‘Jurassic trees’ and they look the part, with rows of spiky leaves along their branches.
This will be the most northerly planting of Wollemi pines and the Inverewe garden team has prepared a special bed incorporating huge stones to make these newcomers feel at home. At the suggestion of the Friends of Inverewe, there was a special planting ceremony. The Friends have raised the funds for an interpretive panel for the new area.
There has recently been a very cold snap of snow and ice in Wester Ross for about a month. We are pleased to report that the Wollemi pines have emerged unscathed!
FORTHCOMING EVENTS AND TASKS
Our next fund-raising event will be a coffee morning to be held at Inverewe House on Saturday March 27th 2010.
We also plan to hold a Plant and Produce sale in the Autumn following our very successful event in September 2009.
We are currently working on raising publicity for Inverewe by producing leaflets and posters.
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If you would like to join the Friends of Inverewe please download a membership application form which gives all details.
The Constitution can be downloaded here.
Committee 2009/10: Chairman: Stan Lindsay; Deputy Chair: Hilary Brown; Secretary: Roy Dowsett; Treasurer: Tracy McLachlan.
Contact any of these by email by clicking on their names.
If you would like anything posted on this web site, please contact Tracy McLachlan.