Lanarkshire nature reserve sows the seeds of growth thanks to birthday grant

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A Lanarkshire beauty spot dug deep to sow the seeds of success thanks to green-fingered volunteers. Langlands Moss in East Kilbride held a tree planting event recently with supporters turning out in force despite the torrential rain.

The group who run the nature reserve on behalf of South Lanarkshire Council - Friends of Langlands Moss (FOLM) - secured a grant to help mark the 75th anniversary of EK new town.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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Susan Miller, FOLM secretary, told Lanarkshire Live : "We planted a selection of Oak, Sycamore, Rowan, Crab Apple, Wild Cherry, Alder and Buckthorn trees. "We can't thank Graeme Dalby from Beechgrove Trees and Hedging enough for his advice, support and personal service he gave us from our first enquiry through to delivering his products."We will definitely use him again for further planned projects"We are also very grateful to Dougie Thomas and his team at Kents in Langlands Square for his continuing support to the Friends of Langlands Moss and particularly for allowing us to use his storage yard and even paying staff to come in and help us move the trees/stakes round onto the Moss.