Forestry: Money really does grow on trees

People who have invested in forestry over the past three decades are now turning an old rural saying on its head.

“Money does not grow on trees” was an oft repeated comment, but it is currently being reversed by those who invested in plantations all those years ago.

It is now more a case of “trees growing on money” as the forests that were planted in the 1990s are coming on the market.