ELGT is proud to be helping the Woodland Trust and local schools plant Scotland's centenary woodland at Dreghorn.

2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War and the start of a four-year period of national remembrance and thanks. The Woodland Trust is honouring all those involved in the war by creating beautiful, peaceful woodland and planting millions of symbolic trees across the UK.

The First World War Centenary Woods project will see four iconic Centenary Woods created, one in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. They willl also plant millions of trees with schools, youth groups and communities across the UK, to represent the millions of lives lost and affected by the war.

Scotland's Centenary Woodland is at Dreghorn in the Pentlands, where from the 27 October until 14 November 470 pupils from fifteen primary schools around Edinburgh are taking it in turns to plant trees with the Woodland Trust, with ELGT giving each class a set of outdoor woodland activities on a WW1 theme to help give a little understanding of the war.

The ELGT team will be out in all weathers helping ensure that each pupil has a memorable time with the Woodland Trust and takes away a sense of appreciation of the importance of trees as well as having played a small but valuable part in creating the new woodland.

November 8th is a community planting day - please join in.

You can find out more about the Centenary Woodlands and how you can play your part here.

Here, pupils from Longstone Primary are waiting to get going!