http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: trees freethetrees - Recent Topics en Thu, 21 May 2026 11:56:47 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19336#post-297653 Fri, 14 Dec 2018 13:01:42 +0000 dessert rat 297653@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Woodland trust are giving away packs (sized on available land and location).</p> <p><a href="https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/plant-trees/" rel="nofollow">https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/plant-trees/</a></p> <p>I know because I applied and have been successful. Mine arriving Feb/March next year. A simple enough 1 or 2 page online form.</p> <p>I called our co-working office a 'community group', which seemed to be sufficient to qualify. We will be planting them in an area about the size of 3 tennis courts, which is alongside the old railway platform at Newhaven. Right before the bridge a few hundred meters up from Milk cafe, as NEPN passes under Craighall Rd. </p> <p>Following the building of the new Sainsburys there is no longer any vehicle access possible to it other than along the NEPN, so it is effectively abandoned. </p> <p>Anyone with space and permission* should apply and lets have a few more trees in Edinburgh.</p> <p>*definition of permission i suspect could be flexible in this scenario as it is generally a <strong><em>good thing</em></strong> </p>