Tender: Brodick Country Park Conservation Works – Stock Fence Replacement and Rhododendron Stem Injection

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National Trust for Scotland is seeking a supplier for conservation works at Brodick Country Park comprising two lots: Lot 1 is replacement of defective stock fencing within two Castle Parks fields to maintain secure livestock enclosures and support conservation grazing, including replacement of damaged fence sections, posts, strainers, wire and associated fittings with existing serviceable materials retained where appropriate. Lot 2 is stem injection control for Rhododendron ponticum, an invasive non-native species that has colonised semi-natural woodland after Victorian introductions; this contract is part of the National Trust for Scotland’s ongoing programme to control and ultimately eradicate rhododendron from Brodick Country Park and responds to concern that Phytophthora kernoviae (or P. ramorum, currently present on the island) may return and threaten native and horticultural trees and shrubs.