The Scottish Invasive Species Initiative will be hosting open days at our giant hogweed sheep grazing trial site in Macduff this summer. 

The open days will involve a guided tour of our trial site, hosted by one of our local Project Officers, to see and discuss progress made and some of the challenges and successes of the trials.

These events would be suitable for anyone interested in implementing sheep grazing as a control method for giant hogweed including, but not limited to: land managers, farmers, private landowners, conservation bodies and community groups.

If you are interested please get in touch to book a date. The best time of year to visit the site would be June or July. Contact [email protected] for further details and to book.

Project Officer Karen Muller and the Ury Riverside Park community group at the Macduff trial site. The community group visited our site in May 2022 and have since put sheep on their own site (Ury Riverside Park, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire) to control a significant giant hogweed infestation.