Forestry Commission Scotland ‘Scottish Borders District manager, Christina Tracey, said:
"Glentress Forest has been a fantastic success as a visitor attraction, drawing 250,000 visitors a year, but it is becoming more difficult to provide a quality service to the growing numbers of visitors with the tight space we are operating from at present.
"We have been very fortunate to acquire 12 acres nearby with panoramic views of the Tweed Valley, where we are planning to provide more and better facilities and overcome the space restrictions that our present site imposes.
"We’d like to hear what comments and suggestions local people and forest users have about our plans, so we’re holding an open weekend on Saturday and Sunday the 15th and 16th of October for the public to come along and see what we’re planning and ask us any questions they have about it.