A giant state-of-the-art glasshouse the size of two football pitches which will grow up to 19 million trees a year has been hailed as a "key" eco milestone.
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS), which owns the incredible new building in Elgin, Moray, said it would allow it to double its tree production capacity, helping to restore woods and plant new forests. The glasshouse - an enormous 12,000m2 - includes technology that would enable the planting of an astonishing 1 million tree seedlings a day.
It's part of a multi-million-pound effort to redevelop and modernize FLS' Newton Nursery site near Elgin in the northeast. Ultimately, it will be capable of growing up to 19 million trees per year under its roof.
The stock produced within the glasshouse will be mostly conifer species such as lodgepole pine, Scots pine, Sitka and Norway spruce - the backbone of Scotland's £ 1 billion forestry industry. FLS got the keys today after contractors Morgan Sindall Construction completed building the glasshouse.
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