02 Sep JGA turns 30

At the start of September 2022, John Gilbert Architects has turned 30 years old.

To mark the occasion, the office has planted a grove of 30 trees as part of a Highland rewilding project and will be holding celebrations with the office team.

See JGA grove on Trees for Life site

Our trees will help to rewild the Caledonian Forest, a rich habitat found only in the Scottish Highlands. It will be saplings grown from locally collected seed and will be one of a number of species planted such as Scots pine, willow, birch, rowan, hazel, alder, holly, aspen and bird cherry.

Our grove will be planted at a remote site in the Scottish Highlands. Trees for Life plants in remote areas best suited to the return of the Caledonian Forest such as on their conservation estate, Dundreggan, situated near Loch Ness, and Glen Affric National Nature Reserve.

Our saplings will be planted alongside other young, native trees, transforming open hillsides into healthy young woodland, rich in wildlife such as red squirrel, black grouse, capercaillie, wood ants and twinflower. Once the trees reach maturity, natural regeneration will go on to create the wild forests of the future for generations to enjoy.