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Scotland's Native Trees and Shrubs
The fall and rise of the home-grown market
There will, of course, always be new and other ways to procure stock. The wheel could turn full circle and large organisations could themselves produce home grown stock once again as was commonplace up until the 1950s. In those days, more often than not native trees would be home grown and of UK provenance. Ironically it was the introduction of Government regulations demanding stringent standards in the forestry industry that caused the demise of the trade in home grown trees. This wheel has certainly turned full circle with the publication by the Forestry Commission of their Practice Note No. 8 'Using Local Stock for Planting Native Trees and Shrubs'. This guide describes a system intended to resurrect the home-grown trade in native species for amenity woodland planting in Britain.
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