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Larch Removal Benmore

Name: Larch Removal Benmore
Creator: RBGE - Benmore Botanic Garden
Published: 2024-07-19T00:00:00.000Z

RBGE has a legal requirement to comply with a Statutory plant health notice which has been issued by Scottish Forestry. The notice identifies that Phytophthora ramorum has spread to the larch trees at Benmore. (Appendix 7 STH22_0957a SPGN) The notice requires the removal of Larch trees from Benmore Botanic Garden. Due to the geographic topology and the requirement to protect the scientific plant collection of Benmore Botanic Garden, forestry style commercial harvesting will not be possible. The removal of trees wil...

Buyer

RBGE - Benmore Botanic Garden

Value

£180,000

Published

19 Jul 2024

Closes

19 Aug 2024

Procurement details

Source

Pcs

Region

United Kingdom

Procurement method

Open

CPV classifications

77000000

Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

77200000

Forestry services

77231000

Forestry management services

Lots

Lot 1 Larch Removal Benmore

Value not provided

What we need Felling of approximately 300 larch trees at Benmore Botanic Garden. The trees to be felled are located in various parts of the garden, many of which have an understory of a valuable scientific plant collection. Damage to these plants must be avoided. The larch range in size and age. The majority were planted circa 1900, some date back to 1820 an...

Delivery: Lochaber, Skye & Lochalsh, Arran & Cumbrae and Argyll & Bute, Scotland, UKM75, UKM92, UKM91

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