Riverside Planting
with Woolly Pigs
Brodoclea Woodland in Scotland is a 174-hectare farm that blends agriculture with ecological restoration.
This Winter 2026/27, the farm hopes to plant 2,400 native trees along the Rye Water which winds through the landscape. The increased tree cover will provide shade, helping to keep the river cool, oxygenated and healthy. Assisting with site preparation will be the farm's resident Mangalitsa woolly pigs and their impressive rootling snouts.
THE PLANTING SITE
The hope will be to plant 2,400 native trees along a 418m stretch of the Rye Water at Brodoclea Farm in Rye Glen, near Dalry - a landscape that feels remote despite its proximity to town. The glen has become increasingly wild, with fragments of ancient woodland developing into Temperate Atlantic Rainforest. This riverside planting will in time shade & cool the waters as temperatures rise, helping protect wild fish stocks while strengthening biodiversity and climate resilience.
THE WOOLLY PIGS
The site is owned and managed by the Future Forest Company, who combine carbon storage with innovative habitat restoration. Their award-winning agroforestry system includes Mangalitsa “woolly” pigs, which act as a proxy for wild boar. As they root and forage, they naturally cultivate the soil, increase soil carbon, control bracken, and encourage wildflowers and young trees to regenerate - adding ecological value as well as being a joy to cuddle!
THE TREES
Of the 2,400 trees, 1,500 will be locally collected willow cuttings - including Bay, Tea-leaved, Dark-leaved, Purple, Crack and Eared willows - helping maintain local genetics. Alder will also be planted alongside shrubs such as blackthorn, guelder rose and bird cherry. Willows will be unguarded, shrubs planted in 60cm tubes and alder in 1.2m tubes. Planting will take place from Autumn 2026 to Spring 2027 under the auspices of the brilliant Eadha Enterprizes.
Planting Opportunities
Mission Possible
Our planting partners for this project, Eadha Enterprises, welcome volunteers to join them as they get these trees in the ground. Expect hard work, plenty of information, good company and cake.
Peter Livingstone © Eadha
Dates & intel
Planting will take place at Brodiclea in Scotland over the winter. Exact dates will be advertised on your Members Dashboard
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