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Events

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KFCG puts on workshops, walks and talks and events for children, offering different ways for people to find out about and enjoy the forest. Join our mailing list - we'll let you know about upcoming events.

We also run weekly volunteer sessions on Mondays 10-1pm, meeting here in the carpark on Garlieston Road. For past events in our Citizen Science Programme please check here.

  • Art | Science | Forest: Future Forest Watching
    Art | Science | Forest: Future Forest Watching
    Tue 14 Oct
    Online Meeting
    14 Oct 2025, 19:00 – 20:30
    Online Meeting
  • Future Kilsture Forest
    Future Kilsture Forest
    Sat 04 Oct
    Newton Stewart
    04 Oct 2025, 10:00 – 13:00
    Newton Stewart, B7004, Newton Stewart DG8 9DB, UK
    Celebrate D&G Climate Week with our Woodland Surveying Workshop. Free, family-friendly event with Woodland Condition Assessment Taster Session for adults and dedicated Forest School session for kids!
  • Monitoring Mondays - First Monday of the Month - starting Monday August 5th
    Monitoring Mondays - First Monday of the Month - starting Monday August 5th
    Mon 05 Aug
    Kilsture Foreest Car Park
    05 Aug 2024, 10:00 – 13:00
    Kilsture Foreest Car Park, Kilsture Forest, Newton Stewart DG8, UK
    All welcome! Join us to help record all the wildlife in the forest. Every record counts! Click RSVP for more information - (you don't need to RSVP... just come along!)
  • Kilsture Art | Science | Forest - Investigating Soil on the Forest Floor
    Kilsture Art | Science | Forest - Investigating Soil on the Forest Floor
    Sun 14 Jul
    Kilsture Forest
    14 Jul 2024, 16:00 – 18:00
    Kilsture Forest, B7004, Newton Stewart DG8 9DB, UK
    An artist, a forester and a wildlife recorder want us to look at the soil while walking through the largest patch of woodland in the Machars.
  • Kilsture Summer Forest School
    Kilsture Summer Forest School
    Thu 11 Jul
    Kilsture Forest
    11 Jul 2024, 10:00 – 26 Jul 2024, 13:00
    Kilsture Forest, Kilsture Forest, Newton Stewart DG8, UK
    Join us for a summer of forest school fun, bushcraft and storytelling and mythology!
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