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We’ll be doing “Tree Minutes” in our lead up to the last day of our National Tree Week where we will try to break our record of 53 in one minute. We will publish the results of our competition on our website as Earth Hour begins on this page. How do we do it? OurContinueContinue reading “Earth Hour 2022; Our Earth Tree-Minute Challenge”

Easy Treesie Planting Event on School Grounds, part of our goal to plant 1M trees for Ireland’s 1M school children by 2023. This initiative is part of the world trillion tree campaign, aiming to bring down global temperature during the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021 – 2030 by 1 degree C. The event isContinueContinue reading “We are planting in Kildare this week!”

23rd February, Wednesday; Tree Walk details below with morning programme earlier and suggestions for a lovely outdoor lunch. Orla will be hugging the peace tree at this event for sure and stopping by Olive’s room for a bun as it is her birthday. outing-bull-island-and-st-anns-park-outing-23-february-2022Download I’m really looking forward to this great Trees and Garden WalkContinueContinue reading “Trees & Garden Walk; St. Anne’s Park preceded by Bull Island Outing; An Taisce Invitation”

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Once upon a time there was a six-year old girl whose teacher told her that Ireland had fewer trees than almost every other country in the world, even though once it was covered with trees*. *Except for in a few very high-up or sopping-wet places. The teacher, the lovely Bean Uí Chléirigh who smiled almostContinueContinue reading “Once Upon A Time…”

Many thanks to Pat Peters for his instructions below. Pit planting (1st page) is done when there is NO cultivation carried out in advance (of planting). Slit (angle notch) planting (2nd page) is done when Cultivation HAS been carried out. pit-slit-plant-slides-003Download

Many thanks to the great Pat Peters of Coillte’s Ballintemple nurseries for this great how-to list of instructions; Planting a Beech Hedge………. Use a string to keep plants in a straight line – remember you will have to look at the result for a long time, so take your time when planting. NB. A beechContinueContinue reading “How-To Masterclass; Planting a Beech Hedge”