Talking with Ian Edwards of the Royal Botanic Gardes, Edinburgh, I got the back of my legs slapped because I have not yet mentioned our participation in the Wych Elm Project. This then is my attempt to rectify the omission. With my colleague Sharon Kirby and the kids at Kaimes School, Edinburgh, we developed and installed an Acheivement Tree outside the school library. It incorporated two of the planks from the Botanic’s Wych Elm as well as examples of timber from other native species. See www.wychelmproject.org.uk for more details including a forthcoming exhibition at the Botanics.
