Niel Gow's Oak, European Tree of the Year

The motion

That the Parliament notes Scotland’s first entry into the European Tree of the Year competition, Niel Gow's oak; known locally as the "fiddle tree", it grows on the banks of the River Tay at Inver by Dunkeld and the eighteenth century composer and performer, Niel Gow, sat under it to compose many of his famous strathspeys and reels, which are still played to this day; congratulates the local community and council for what it considers the great part that they play in sustaining and enhancing Perthshire’s magnificent Big Tree Country, the Woodland Trust Scotland for its role in promoting this contest and Forestry Commission Scotland as the custodian of what it considers this magnificent heritage tree that is a fitting cultural and environmental symbol for Scotland; recognises that Scotland’s traditional music and natural heritage are celebrated internationally and considers that the story of Niel Gow’s oak forms a bridge between these worlds, and encourages everyone with an interest to take part in the Tree of the Year vote before voting closes on 28 February 2014 at www.treeoftheyear.org.

No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

SNP 25 Con 2 LD 1

Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.

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