In Wales, at present there is a large, unfulfilled demand for native trees and shrubs, grown from locally collected seed.

 

There is a well established demand from landowners, requiring one year-old or two-year old tree seedlings for a range of purposes:

There is also a growing market for larger (3+ year-old) trees potted for landscaping purposes such as:

Organisations funding such plantings (C.C.W., Forestry Commission, Environment Agency, W.A.G. Highways Directorate, etc) have moved towards recommending the use of local provenance trees as a condition of funding.

 

Furthermore, recent opportunities (such as Better Woodlands for Wales and the W.G.S. Native Woodland Expansion Challenge Fund have gone further in specifying the use of local provenance trees.

 

Finally, as the wider structure of agricultural payments is rationalised, greater emphasis is being placed on agri-environment measures, including use of local provenance planting stock.

 

 

 

 

 

*from: Study to investigate the demand and supply of local provenance trees and shrubs in Powys by Evelyn Over. Forestry Commission Wales, September 2003.