Return of the Native: a visit to Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Garden

摘要

This note of the meeting is based on an article originally published in Forestry Journal, November 201, and written by Susan Burke. We acknowledge the kind permission of the Editor to republish in part.The question: 'Resilience for native planting insouth Scotland in a changing climate now that ash and elm are endangered; could Scots pine be included on suitable soil types?' formed the basis for an event organised by Lothian and Borders Region and theInstitute of Chartered Foresters at Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Garden. James Ogilvie, Forestry Commission Scotland, chaired the debate.