On Thursday 5th October 2017, Alba Trees hosted an event arranged by the Royal Scottish Forestry Society entitled “Alternative Conifers: The Nursery Perspective”.

The event was well attended by over 40 representatives of a range organisations within the sector and a number of topics were covered during the nursery tour and subsequent talks by various professionals including:

• Dr Scott McG Wilson (Chartered Forester, Aberdeen)
• Rodney Shearer (Alba Trees Plc)
• Andrew MacQueen (Tilhill Forestry Ltd)
• Alan Gale (Forest Enterprise Scotland)
• Dr Steven Adams (Edinburgh Napier University)
• Dr Steve Lee (Forest Research)

An agenda, list of attendees and copies of PowerPoint presentations delivered on the day are available here.