The logo for Project TreeCycle was designed and produced by Strathmiglo artist Miss Sarah Burt.

The project was kindly funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Carillion Plc to whom we are extremely grateful.

This was an 18 month project open to all young volunteers to learn about the lifecycle of a tree.  Training opportunities in woodland care and management, craftsmanship using traditional techniques, and the construction of a timber frame building, was just a small part of our aspirations for Project Treecycle.  Project Treecycle was an exciting new partnership project lead by the young volunteers of the Fife Air Cadets Conservation Group (FACCG) and Falkland Heritage Trust, and was funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund under their Young Roots programme.  The project was based on Falkland Estate where we carried out a comprehensive programme of training opportunities & practical tasks relating to woodland care and craftsmanship.  Over 18 months all of us youngsters in the Group, learnt about the history and life cycle of wood on Falkland Estate, practical skills such as tree planting, propagating, pruning, felling, crafting wood into furniture and ultimately designing and creating a traditional wooden bothy for use by volunteers working in Falkland.  The training workshops were led by certified trainers, with opportunities to attend further study on recognised environmental courses and training.  We took responsibility for woodland care in an area of the estate with the support of skilled experts. The programme of woodcraft and timber construction training coupled with the woodland conservation tasks has given us the education and skills for the whole lifecycle of wood, from seed to a table. Or in our words TREECYCLE!

Please see below some photographs of us at work on the project. Our full project report will be uploaded to this page once it has been cleared and signed off by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

We did it, all our hard work over the past 2 years paid off.  Our timber bothy, or what has been named "The Green Shed" 

Receiving timber for the project kindly donated by the Givenbank Park committee in Glenrothes.  In return we will, once process, contruct a few park benches for the park. 

The Group has purchased a large amount of kiln dried beech timber for use during the craft workshops with Dave McKeen. You can see our volunteers Heather, Sean, Scot and Nick with Dave and project officer Cazz