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On the 12th of August, The Department of Agriculture announced their new native woodlands scheme, also supported by the Green Party. This aims to plant native, permanent woodlands on public land. An Irish Rail (Iarnród Éireann) site in Roscommon is already being considered as a starting point. The voluntary planting of native trees is becoming […]

Hello everybody, the last couple of months have been eventful in the virus sense but also quite boring for a lot of people! The lockdown has, however, caused a huge increase in wildlife across our part of Europe: basking sharks off the west coast of Ireland, orcas in Scottish harbours. A pheasant has even hatched […]

Sorry it has been a while since we last posted here. UPDATES: All 10, 000 native trees were planted outside Athenry at the end of March and we hope that spring means that they are establishing their roots and starting to bud. We have all been a bit unsettled by Coronavirus but don’t worry, there […]

Despite the planting being delayed by one day because of Storm Jorge, we managed to get 8000 mixed native trees safely in the ground! Children and adults came from Athenry and surrounding areas on Sunday. People even came from County Roscommon, and from places as far as Dublin and Carlow. We planted Oak, Birch, Holly, […]

Recently we watched an amazing film, called Habitat. It was inspiring, but also showed the true devastation of an Ireland devoid of mixed native trees. Habitat is centred around the plight of a group of people in different places, determined to bring back real forests, (mixed deciduous trees),  and wildlife to the places they care […]

On the 29th February 2020, from 11am, we are helping to plant thousands of native trees on the outskirts of Athenry, County Galway! It is a collaborative project with Athenry Music School, Esker Children’s Music Group and Athenry Tidy Towns. Other brilliant community groups and families are participating too. Please come and join us and […]