National Tree Week

4 –10 March 2012

 

Programme of Events by County

In celebration of National Tree Week, the Tree Council of Ireland encourages individuals, families, schools and local communities to participate in and support events taking place around the country during the week.  To find an event taking place in your area, check out our Events Programme below.

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Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin
Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim
Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan
Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath
Wexford Wicklow

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National Tree Week Launch Ceremony

 

 National Tree Week Launch Ceremony
Date: Sunday 4 March
Organiser: Tree Council of Ireland
Venue: Ardee, Co. Louth
Event details: Come and join the Tree Council of Ireland for an afternoon of family fun, open to all, with tree and wood related activities and demonstrations.  The President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, will officially launch National Tree Week 2012 with a tree planting ceremony at 12 noon. This will be followed by a Fair on the Fairgreen and the Programme is as follows:

1pm – 4 pm           Beekeeping Demonstration
1pm - 2.30 pm      Naturally Wild Nature Hunt with Dale Treadwell - Session 1
1pm – 4 pm           Willow Weaving Demonstration
1pm – 4 pm           Tree Identification Demonstration
1pm – 4 pm           Face Painting
1pm – 4 pm           Recycling Roadshow with V & W Recycling
1pm – 4pm            Try your hand at Archery
1pm - 4pm            Wood Turning Demonstration with Leyden Woodcraft
1pm – 4 pm           Tree Advice Clinic
1.30pm                  Launch of Ecology Study in Marquee with Éanna Ní Lamhna
2.30 - 4pm            Naturally Wild Nature Hunt with Dale Treadwell - Session 2
2.30 – 3.30pm       Demonstration of Adult Exercise Equipment with Brian Keenan Sports Therapist
2.30 – 4pm            Tree Poets with Pamela Whitaker, Groundswell
3pm                       Guided Tree Walk with Ardee Tidy Towns

Contact: Tree Council of Ireland. Tel: 01-4931313; E-mail: trees@treecouncil.ie

 

NATIONWIDE EVENT:  CountryLife Stores Nationwide have the following offers on:

• 2 for €60 on Trees
• 2 for €30 on Fruit Trees

 

 

Carlow

 

Cavan

Event: Special Garden Centre Promotion: Tree Advice Clinic and 20% discount off tree purchases
Venue: Tullyvin Garden Centre, Tullyvin, Cootehill, Co. Cavan
Date: All during Tree Week March 4-10
Time:  Opening Hours - Monday-Saturday 9am-6pm.  Sunday 2pm-6pm
Contact: Telephone 049 5553154; 
www.tullyvin.ie;  www.facebook.com/tullyvin

 

 

 

Event: Tree Planting for National Tree Week
Venue:  Railway Road Estate, Killeshandra, Co. Cavan
Date: 9TH MARCH 2012
Time: 3PM
Organising Body: KILLESHANDRA TIDY TOWNS
Other Details: Three native alder trees will be planted in the housing estate, sponsored and supported by Cavan County Council.  Planting will be carried out by the Cathaoirleach of Cavan County Council and by the youngest and oldest residents of the estate. 
Contact Person: CHRIS KIRK.  Phone No : 086-3500124
Email: AERVAC2@HOTMAIL.COM

 

 

 

Clare

Event: Not Enough Wood to Hang a Man - A Guided Tree Walk in the Burren National Park, County Clare
Venue: Burren National Park. Meet at Gortlecka Cross, Kilnaboy (51R 310 945)
Date: Sunday 11th March 2012
Time: 2.00pm
Organising Body: Tony Kirby of Heart of Burren Walks
Other Details:  “Not enough wood to hang a man” was the colourful phrase uttered by Cromwellian Lieutenant General Ludlow to describe the dearth of woodland in the Burren in the 17th century. It is also the title of a guided tree walk on Sunday the 11th of March which will be led by author and guide Tony Kirby. Tony will seek to identify at least a dozen native tree types during the afternoon. Moreover, there will be informative and entertaining discussion about the uses and folklore of each tree species. The remarkable and still evolving story of the Burren and woodland will also feature as will some of the region’s early wildflowers.
The fee for the walk is €10 euros per adult; under 16s are free of charge.
Meet at Gortlecka Cross, Kilnaboy (51R 310 945) at 2.00 pm. Wear suitable walking attire.   Further information www.heartofburrenwalks.com
Contact Person: Tony Kirby.  Tel: 087 292 54 87  Email: info@heartofburrenwalks.com
Website: www.heartofburrenwalks.com

 

Cork

Event: Planting for the future to remember the past
Venue: Scoil Mhuire Fatima, North Monastery Rd., Cork
Cork
Date: 29th Feb.
Time: 10.00
Organising Body: Green Schools Committee
Other Details: We are planting an old Irish variety of cooking apple called Lady Fingers from Offaly.  It is being planted on this date to mark the retirement of our principal Con Higgins after many years of service and also teaching colleague Cath Crangle and member of domestic staff Peggy Barrett.  It is hoped that when the tree bears fruit they will be used in the cookery room.
Contact Person: Hester Forde, Green schools coordinator
Phone No: 021-4353855
Email: hesterforde@gmail.com
Website: www.northmonprimary.net

 

 

Event: 20% Off All Trees
Venue: Ballyseedy Home & Garden, Cork
Date: 5th March - 12th March 2012
Organising Body: Ballyseedy Home & Garden
Other Details: In support of National Tree Week, Ballyseedy Home and Garden are offering a 20% discount off all trees and fruit bushes in both the Tralee and Cork branches. The offer is valid from the 5th March until the 12th March 2012.
Contact Person: Nathan McDonnell
Phone No: 021 488 10 10
Email: info.cork@ballyseedy.ie
Website: www.ballyseedy.ie

 

 

Event:  1000+ Trees for Cork
Cork Environmental Forum are being helped by communities in Cork City and County to plant over 1000 trees during National Tree Week. This has been possible through the kind donation by local Cork man Padraig Coakley. One of Padraig’s hobbies is to grow the oak saplings from acorns and the ash from seed gathered locally.

The Irish Natural Forestry Foundation will kick off the planting of the saplings on Sunday 4th March as part of their open day. Other communities and projects involved include Midleton Tidy Towns who are planting 100 trees in conjunction with local schools. At Fota on the 8th March 20 trees will be planted at the Scouting Ireland Campsite, Fota Wildlife Park are planting an additional 200 trees in the park during tree week. IRD Duhallow will support the planting of 100 trees in a number of communities in their area. Macroom – 100 trees will be planted in the Carrigaphooca Castle Demense and Liscarroll Community Council will plant a further 50 trees in their area. Ballygarvan –Green-Schools Ireland are supporting local schools with the planting of 200 trees in conjunction with Will and Away outdoor education company at a tree planting initiative at Ballinreeshig Nature Farm, this planting will take place a little later on 20th March!

In the city Colaiste Chriost Ri will plant 100 trees at their community garden at Capwell. NICHE Food Focus Project in Knocknaheeny are planting 45 trees with community members in a green area near the community garden site. Douglas Community Association/ Tidy Towns will plant 10 trees in the Mangala Park and the Lifetime Lab. will add 10 trees to their garden. A further 18 trees will be planted by the community in Togher, with Blackpool Community Centre planting 10 trees.

For more information or to support these initiatives contact CEF at 086 8216726 or bernadette@cef.ie.

 

Event: "Trees - Irish varieties to suit your local environment " & 20% off all trees.
Venue: Griffins Garden Centre, Dripsey, Co. Cork
Date: 4th-11th Of March  Time: 12:00
Organising Body: Margaret Griffin, Griffins Garden Centre
Other Details: Talk and Gourmet Lunch on Monday 5th, Wednesday 7th and Friday 9th At 12 noon. Talk by Horticultural Expert Margaret Griffin "Trees - Irish varieties to suit your local environment " Talk and lunch €10.00. Massive promotions in-store including 20% off all trees during National Tree week.
Contact Person: Miriam Dillon.  Phone No : 021 7334286
Email: info@griffinsgardencentre.ie
Website: www.griffinsgardencentre.ie

 

 

Event: Aghabullogue Tree Planting
Venue: Aghabullogue Village, Co. Cork
Date: 4th of March 2012
Time: 12.00
Organising Body: Aghabullogue Community Council
Other Details: Planting the trees in Aghabullogue Village with about 40 people part of our spring clean.
Contact Person: Jo Healy    Phone No: 0861764243
Email: michellehealy83@gmail.com

 

Event:  Walk at Gearagh Nature Reserve (1 mile from Macroom I the Bantry Road), Cork.
Date:  4th March
Time:  2 pm
Venue and Meeting Point: Gearagh Nature Reserve (1 mile from Macroom I the Bantry Road), Cork - Meet at entrance to Cark Park
Theme:  The Geraragh (An Gaoire) represents the finest surviving example of an ancient, post-glacial, wooded floodplain on the River Lee.  This Special Area of Conservation (SAC) comprises Aboriginal oak forest rich in associated biodiversity, indicative of the Hyper-Oceanic Climate of Ireland’s southwest. 
Note:  Bring packed lunch and appropriate clothing and footwear.  Carparking available.  Not appropriate for wheelchair access.  Safe for visually impaired.
No Charge;
Contact:  Teddy Cook:  Tel:  086 – 8789891.  Email:  macroomenv@hotmail.com

 

Venue:  Macroom Castlegrounds, The Square, Macroom
Date:  Tuesday 6th March
Time: 12 noon
Meeting Point:  Macroom Library
Theme:  After a brief introductory talk at Macroom Library, participants will accompany a member of the Macroom District Environmental Group on a walk through the once private gardens and woodlands of Viscount Muskerry (1620) – Jane, Countess of Bantry (1750) and Olive, Lady Ardilaun (1850 – 1925).
Note:  Packed lunch.
No Charge;
Contact:   Teddy Cook.  Tel:  086 – 8789891.  Email:  macroomenv@hotmail.com

 

 

Event: Tree Planting
Venue: Gaelscoil Uí­ Drisceoil, Dunkettle, Glanmire, Co. Cork
Date: 7th March 2012
Time: 12:30
Organising Body: Ballyseedy Home & Garden Cork
Other Details: Ballyseedy Home & Garden Cork will be donating 3 Fruit trees to Gaelscoil Uí Drisceoil an all-Irish, co-educational, multi-denominational school, which opened in 2006. The tree planting ceremony will take place at Gaelscoil Uí Drisceoil, Dunkettle, Glanmire, Co. Cork on Wednesday 7th March 2012 at 12:30pm.
Contact Person: Nathan McDonnell.  Phone No : 021 488 10 10
Email: info.cork@ballyseedy.ie
Website: www.ballyseedy.ie

 

 

Event:  Conducted Tour of Fota Arboretum by David O`Regan, Head Gardener
Date:  Wed. 7th. March.
Time:  2.00 PM.
Tel:   021-4812728
Organisation: Office of Public Works

 

Event: Tree Planting
Venue: Derinagree National School, Derinagree, Mallow, Co.Cork
Date: 9th March 2012
Time: 2pm
Organising Body: Derinagree N.S.
Other Details: Tree Planting on School Grounds
Contact Person: Pam Thornton.  Phone No: 087 131 7066
Email: derrinagree.ias@eircom.net

 

Event: All trees great & small
Venue:Greenbarn Garden & lifestyle centre
Youghal Co.Cork
Date: Saturday 10th
Time: 12 midday
Organising Body: Greenbarn
Other Details: To Celebrate the end of Tree week.  We have a talk on 'trees for your garden'.  Afterwards enjoy a €10.00 lunch and a free draw to win a tree.
Contact Person: Fiona Nolan.  Phone No : 024-90166
Email: info@greenbarn.ie
Website: www.greenbarn.ie

 

 

Event:  Tree Planting Ceremony
Venue:   Coláiste Ghobnata, Baile Mhic Íre, Contae Chorcaí
Date: 13th March 2012
Time:  11.00am
Event Organisers:  Coláiste Ghobnatan / Coillte
Contact:  Joan O'Connor, Coillte/ Breandán Ó Lionáird, Coláiste Ghobnatan
Tel:  Joan O'Connor 087 1345097;  Breandán Ó Lionáird 026 45058
Email:  oifig@colaisteghobnatan.ie
Details:  Tree Planting Ceremony in the School following upgrade of the school and grounds

 

Event: Nature Trail
Venue: Castletownbere, Co. Cork
Date: April
Organising Body: Scoil an Chroí Rí Naofa
Contact Person: Alexandra Kane.  Phone No : 02770788
Email: beara100@eircom.net

Donegal

 

Event: Public Lecture , "The Role, Contribution & Usage of Trees & Shrubs in our Environment."
Venue: Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT), Room 1104, (Ground floor, near the main restaurant), County Donegal
Date: March 8th
Time: 1.00 lunchtime
Organising Body: LYIT Gardening Club, in association with Dunwiley nurseries
Other Details: To mark National Tree Week, 4 - 10 March, Letterkenny Institute of Technology's newly formed Gardening Club has organised a lunch time talk from Raymond Treacy, Dunwiley Nurseries, on Thursday, 8 March, at 1.00 pm. Raymond, who has many years of experience in landscaping, will discuss, "The Role, Contribution & Usage of Trees & Shrubs in our Environment." The talk is open to both the college community and the public at large. It is free of charge.

Raymond will cover things like: selecting the right tree for a garden or other site, native trees, tree as habitat for wildlife, correct planting methods, maintenance, pests & problems and Forestry and Horticulture as a business and source of local employment. It will be a very useful and informative session. Anyone with even a small interest in gardening or the environment will be guaranteed to find out something useful or get some gardening tips. There will an opportunity to ask questions.

The LYIT Gardening Club will also hold a Tree Planting Ceremony at 11 am on Wednesday, 7 March, at An Dínlann in LYIT.
Note:  Raymond Treacy is a local business man with many years experience in the nursery and landscape gardening business. He studied Agriculture and joined the Department of Agriculture. His interests range from farming to forestry and to sustainable/renewable resources such as wind energy. He is a committee member of Donegal Woodland Owners Society Ltd Co-Op and runs Dunwiley Nurseries Ltd for over 20 years producing 2½ acres of nursery stock, mainly semi-mature trees plus shrubs, etc.
Contact Person: Irene Heavey.  Phone No : (074) 918 6120
Email: irene.heavey@lyit.ie

 

 

Event: 20% OFF All Potted Trees
Venue: Ashtree Garden Centre, Co. Donegal
Date: 4th - 10th March
Time: 9am - 6pm
Organising Body: Ashtree Garden Centre
Other Details: We are offering 20% Off all our potted trees during National Tree Week
Contact Person: Mandy Ellis.   Phone No : 07497 22303
Email: mandy@ashtree.ie
Website: www.ashtree.ie

 

Event: Tree planting
Venue: Coláiste na Carraige, An Charraig,  Co. Dhun na nGall
Date: 9th March
Time: 12.00 p.m.
Organising Body: Coláiste na Carraige
Other Details: Planting of six trees along frontage of the school
Contact Person: Noel Ward
Phone No: 074-9739071
Email: noelward@eircom.net

 

Dublin

 

Event: Woodland Tree Planting
Venue: Marlay Park Woodlands, Co Dublin
Date: 7th March 2012
Time: 11.00am
Organising Body: Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Other Details: Tree planting in woodlands with local schools
Contact Person: Cathal Coffey.  Phone No: 01 2054700
Email: ccoffey@dlrcoco.ie
Website: www.dlrcoco.ie/parks

 

Event: 10% off all containerised trees for National Tree Week
Venue:  Tully Nurseries, Richardstown, Ballyboughal, Co. Dublin.
Dates:  National Tree Week, 4th – 10th March
Event Details:  Visit Tully Nurseries and ‘discover the difference’ with the largest range of plants and trees in Ireland. It doesn't cost a fortune to add splashes of colour and our garden centre has the very best in value with over 1 million plants grown fresh in our nursery.  We have something to suit all requirements and our friendly and knowledgeable team is on hand to offer assistance and guidance. Now is the time to freshen up those tired Winter beds with our huge range of Spring plants for long lasting colour. There are lots of special offers to choose from. Call in for a complimentary cup of tea or coffee and see our great selection of plants!  See our huge selection of Trees for all your garden needs. Avail of 10% OFF for National Tree Week

Organising Body:  Tully Nurseries and Plants
Contact Details:  Tully Nurseries, Richardstown, Ballyboughal, Co. Dublin.
Tel: +353 1 843 3174 F: +353 1 843 3453 E: sales@tullynurseries.ie : www.tullynurseries.ie

 

 

Event: The Dubliners:  50 Years of Music and Song
Venue:  Fairview Park, Marino.
Date: 2nd March 2012
Time: 11.15 am
Organising Bodies: Dublin City Council and The Tree Council of Ireland
Other Details:  Dublin City Council and the Tree Council of Ireland will join with the Lord Mayor of Dublin City to plant a tree with representatives from the Dubliners to commemorate their 50 years of music and song.
Phone No: 01- 4931313
Email: trees@treecouncil.ie
Website: www.treecouncil.ie

 

 

Event:  Prize giving ceremony for ‘Adopt a Tree’ project
Venue: Marino Institute of Education, Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9
Date: Thursday, March 1 
Time: 10.30-11.30am
Event details: Closed event
Contact: Irene Kelly, Marino Institute of Education.  Tel: 01-805 7700

 

Event: Launch of Native Tree Trail
Venue: Albert College Park, Glasnevin, Dublin 9
Date:  5-9 March
Time: by appointment
Organising Body: Dublin City Council Parks and Landscape Services
Other Details: The newest Native Tree Trail will be opened by the Lord Mayor, Cllr. Andrew Montague, on 5 March with local schools. Guided tree walks by appointment or self-guided walk by downloading a booklet from our website.
Contact Person: Tom Hassett.   Phone No : 01-837-3891
Email: parks@dublincity.ie
Website: http://www.dublincity.ie/RecreationandCulture/DublinCityParks/Pages/TreesintheCity.aspx

 

 

Event:  'In Celebration of Trees' - An Exhibition of Bonsai
Venue: Conservatory, National Botanic Gardens
Date: March 3rd - April 19th. Demonstrations will be held on Saturdays 10th, 24th and 31st March
Time: 11.00 am
Organiser: National Botanic Gardens
Event details: Public
Contact: 01-8570909

 

Event: Tree walk in St. Enda’s Park 
Venue: Pearse Museum / St. Enda’s Park, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16
Date and Time:  Sunday 4th March, 12-1pm & 3-4pm
Organising body/ies: OPW/ St. Enda’s Park
Contact person: Brian Crowley.  Tel: 01 4934208 E-mail: brian.crowley@opw.ie  Website www.heritageireland.ie
Details of Event:   Come and explore the wonderful trees of St. Enda’s Park with Nature Room staff. Find out about the different species of trees and their life cycles and see how the park sustains and develops its amazing collection of trees. Meet at the Nature Room in the Courtyard. All welcome.

 

Event: 10% off all trees for National tree Week
Venue: Windyridge Nurseris & Garden Centre, Rochestown Avenue, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin
Date:  4th – 10th March 2012
Time: All Week
Organising Body: Windyridge Nurseries & Garden Centre
Other Details: 10% off all trees For National tree week
Contact Person: Paul Harvey.  Phone No : 01 2852796
Email: windyridgenurseries@gmail.com
Website: www.windyridgenurseries@gmail.com

 

Event: Urban Ecology Discovery Days
Venue: Meet @ the Greenhouse, 17 St Andrew St, Dublin 2
Date: 5, 6, 8, 9 March 2012
Time: 10.00am - 12.00pm
Organising Body: ECO-UNESCO
Other Details: Interactive trail exploring biodiversity and wildlife in Dublin's urban ecology hotspots. SPECIAL TREE WEEK DISCOUNT: €5 per person (group rates apply)
Phone No: 01 6625491
Email: training@ecounesco.ie
Website: www.ecounesco.ie

 

 Event:  Guided Walk: Remarkable Trees of Glasnevin
Venue: Glasnevin
Dates: March 4th and 11th
Time: 2.30 pm - Meet at Education and Visitor Centre, National Botanic Gardens
Organiser: National Botanic Gardens
Event details: Public
Contact: 01-8570909

 

Event: Tree Planting in Finglas, Dublin 11
Venue: Kilshane Drive, Finglas dublin 11
County: Dublin 11
Date: TBC
Organising Body: Kilshane Drive Residents Association
Event Details: Tree Planting at Kilshane Drive
Contact Person: Jennifer Quinn
Phone: 086-8532992
Email: jennyquinn99@eircom.net

Event:   Tree planting with local schools
Venue:  Harold’s Cross Park, Dublin 6
Date and Time:  5th – 9th March  (times and dates to be confirmed by schools)
Organising body:  Dublin City Council, Parks Division
Contact person:  John Tighe.   Tel: 01-4979124   E-mail: parks@dublincity.ie
Website:  www.dublincity.ie
Event Details:  Tree planting with the following schools: Griffith College NS, Saint Claire’s NS, and Scoil Mologa, Harold’s Cross

 

Event: Tree planting with local schools
Venue:   Bushy Park, Terenure
Date and Time: 5th – 9th March (times and dates to be confirmed by schools)
Organising body:  Dublin City Council Parks Division   
Contact person:  Tom Maloney. Tel: 087-9403078  E-mail:_parks@dublincity.ie   
Website:  www.dublincity.ie
Event Details:  Tree planting with the following schools: Saint Pius X, Saint Joseph’s NS and Presentation NS

 

Event: Tree planting with local schools
Venue: Willie Pearse Park, Crumlin
Date and Time:    5th – 9th March. (Times and dates to be confirmed by schools)
Organising body: Dublin City Council Parks Division
Contact Person: Eamonn Dunne.  Tel: 086-8151168  E-mail: parks@dublincity.ie 
Website:  www.dublincity.ie
Event Details:  Tree planting with the following schools: Scoil Eoin, Crumlin

 

Event: Tree planting with local schools
Venue: Eamonn Ceannt Park, Crumlin
Date and Time: 5th – 9th March_(times and dates to be confirmed by schools)
Organising body: Dublin City Council Parks Division
Contact person: Eamonn Dunne
Tel: 0868151168   E-mail: parks@dublincity.ie  Website:  www.dublincity.ie
Details of Event: Tree planting with the following schools: Scoil Iosagaion NS, Marist NS

Event: Tree planting with local schools
Venue: Markievicz Park, Ballyfermot
Date and Time: 5th – 9th March (times and dates to be confirmed by schools)
Organising body: Dublin City Council Parks Division
Contact person: Donal O’Connor  Tel: 086-8110227        E-mail:_parks@dublincity.ie 
Website: www.dublincity.ie
Details of Event:  Tree planting with the following schools: Drimnagh Castle NS, Our Lady of Lourdes NS, Kylemore College NS, Saint Gabriels NS, Our Lady of the Wayside NS

 

Event: Tree planting with local schools
Venue: Brickfield Park, Drimnagh
Date and Time: 5th – 9th March_(times and dates to be confirmed by schools)
Organising body/ies:  Dublin City Council Parks Division
Contact person:  Eamonn Dunne  Tel: 086 8151168        E-mail:_parks@dublincity.ie
Website:  www.dublincity.ie
Details of Event:   Tree planting with the following schools: Our Lady of Good Counsel NS and Loretta College

 

Event:  National Tree Week Poster Exhibition
Venue: Visitor Centre, National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9
Date: Monday March 5 - Saturday March 10
Time: Open daily 9am-5pm
Organiser: Tree Council of Ireland
Event details: Exhibition of entries from third level art colleges in competition to design a poster for National Tree Week. Also on display is a selection of 'Adopt a Tree' Projects which were undertaken by students from Colaiste Mhuire, Marino Institute of Education.
Contact: Tree Council of Ireland. Tel: 01-4931313; E-mail: trees@treecouncil.ie

 

Event:  The Inaugural National Tree Week Lecture. Title: 'The Once and Future Forest’
Reflections on woodland in Ireland from the first forests of the geological past to the unseen forests of the future' by Dr. John Feehan, Author and Environmentalist
Venue: Visitor Centre, National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9
Date: Monday, March 5th. 
Time: 3.00 pm
Organiser: The Tree Council of Ireland
Event details: Entry is free and open to all. The lecture will be followed by the official opening of the exhibition of entries in the National Tree Week 2012 poster competition and the prize-giving ceremony for the winning and runner-up entries.
Contact: Tree Council of Ireland. Tel: 01-4931313.  E-mail: trees@treecouncil.ie

Event:  Tree Planting Workshops for Primary Schools
Venue: Glasnevin Cemetery
Date: March 5th - March 9th
Time: Agreed on Booking
Organiser: Glasnevin Cemetery
Event details: Booking essential: Cost 6.00 per child. Each group will receive a tour featuring some of Glasnevin Cemetery's wonderful trees. Following this, each class will plant 3 saplings in Glasnevin Cemetery and learn how to plant their own seedling, which each child will take home.
Contact: Gretta Halpin Tel: 01-8826550.  E-mail: booking@glasnevintrust.ie

 

 

Title of Event:  School Tree Walk
Venue:  Edenmore Park
Date and Time: 6th March 2012 at 10.30 am
Organising body/ies:  Dublin City Council and Springdale National School
Contact person:  John Redmond.  Tel.  01-8482114
Description/details of Event: School Tree Walk- Identification of trees in Edenmore Park with students of Springdale National School

 

 

Event: Tree walks for Schools
Venue: Pearse Museum / St. Enda’s Park, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16
Date and Time:  Wednesday 7th March from 10-1pm
Organising body/ies: OPW/ St. Enda’s Park
Contact person: Brian Crowley.   Tel: 01 4934208  Email: brian.crowley@opw.ie  Website www.heritageireland.ie
Details of Event:  Schools are encouraged to book a tour and explore the wonderful trees of St. Enda’s Park with Nature Room staff. Book a tour of the grounds and find out about the different species of trees and their life cycles. There will also be a chance to see how the park sustains and develops its amazing collection of trees.  To book a tree walk for your class contact the Nature Room on the number above.

 

Event:  Tree Walk/Talk for Primary Schools
Venue: St Stephen's Green Park
Date: March 7th
Organiser: OPW
Time: 10.00 am
Event details: Prior booking by schools
Contact: Michael.herbert@opw.ie or 01- 4757816

 

Event:  Tree Walk/Talk for Primary Schools
Venue: National War Memorial Gardens
Date: March 7th
Organiser: OPW
Time: 10.00 am
Event details: Prior booking by schools
Contact: Michael.herbert@opw.ie or 01- 4757816

 

Event:  Lecture Series: Science of Plants: How Ireland Got Its Trees! by Colin Kelleher
Organiser: National Botanic Gardens
Venue: Education and Visitor Centre, National Botanic Gardens
Date: Wednesday, March 7th
Time: 3.00 pm
Event details: Open to all. Colin Kelleher will describe what we know about the arrival of trees in Ireland since the last Ice Age.
Contact: 01-8570909

 

Event: Fruit Tree Planting
Venue: Sallynoggin Public Open Space(Pearse Villas), Co. Dublin
Date: 7th March 2012
Time: 11.00am
Organising Body: Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Other Details: Fruit tree planting to initiate an orchard & wildflower meadow
Contact Person: Jim Ellis.  Phone No : 01 2052700
Email: jellis@dlrcoco.ie
Website: www.dlrcoco.ie/parks

 

Event: Releafing Shankill
Venue: Dorney Court Wood, Shankill,  Co. Dublin
Date: March 7th
Time: 10.30
Organising Body: Shankill Tidy Towns Committee and Crann
Other Details: Nature walk and tree talk by Diarmuid McAree for children from the three local Primary Schools followed by tree planting in Beechfield Manor Nursing Home by Cathaoirleach John Bailey.  Dun Laoighaire Rathdown County Council.
Contact Person: Diarmuid McAree.   Phone No:  087 2551491 or Crann Tel: 01-6275075
Email: dtmmcaree@hotmail.com or info@crann.ie
Website: shankillmatters.com and www.crann.ie

 

 

Event:  Gala Evening - A Feast Of Trees
Venue: Gallery of the Education and Visitor Centre, National Botanic Gardens
Date: Wednesday March 7th
Time: 7.00 pm
Event details: A four course candlelit dinner, interspersed with short talks from four invited speakers: John Feehan, Eanna Ni Lamhna, Donal Magner and Thomas Packenham. The feast will be held in the gallery of the Visitor Centre with the floodlit glasshouses as an atmospheric backdrop. Cost 35.00. Numbers limited so advance booking is essential.
Contact: 01-8570909

 

Event:  The Annual Augustine Henry Forestry Lecture by Seamus O’Brien
Venue: The Royal Dublin Society, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
Date: Thursday, March 8th. 
Time: 7.30pm
Organiser: The Society of Irish Foresters in association with the Royal Dublin Society
Event details: Entry is free and open to all.
Contact: Society of Irish Foresters Tel: 0404-44204.  E-mail: sif@eircom.net

 

Event: FREE Green Trail - Biodiversity Tour of Dublin
Venue: the Greenhouse, 17 St Andrew St, Dublin 2
Date: 8th March 2012
Time: 12.30pm - 2.30pm
Organising Body: ECO-UNESCO
Other Details: Embark on a journey of discovery and explore nature, wildlife and biodiversity in the heart of the city. FREE!
Phone No: 01 6625491   Email: youth@ecounesco.ie
Website: www.ecounesco.ie

 

Event:  Tree Walk/Talk for Primary Schools
Venue: Iveagh Gardens
Date: Thursday March 8th
Organiser: OPW
Time: 10.00 am
Event details: Prior booking by schools
Contact: Michael.herbert@opw.ie or 01- 4757816

 

Event: Tree Planting Demonstration       
Venue: Pearse Museum / St. Enda’s Park, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16
Date and Time:  Thursday 8th March @2.30pm
Organising body/ies: OPW/ St. Enda’s Park
Contact person: Brian Crowley   Tel: 01 4934208 E-mail: brian.crowley@opw.ie  Website www.heritageireland.ie
Details of Event:  Come along and share the expertise of the horticultural staff of St. Enda’s Park as they give a practical demonstration on how to successfully plant and care for trees. Meet in the Courtyard. All welcome!

 

Event: Tree planting for Schools
Venue: Pearse Museum / St. Enda’s Park, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16
Date and Time: Thursday, 8th March 11-1pm
Organising body/ies: OPW/ St. Enda’s Park
Contact person: Brian Crowley   Tel: 01 4934208 E-mail: brian.Crowley@opw.ie  Website www.heritage1reland.ie
Details of Event:  Schools are encouraged to book a tour on Thursday the 8th of March and avail of the chance to participate in the planting of some trees within the park. Students will also find out about the different species of tree and their life cycles and see how the park sustains and develops its amazing collection of trees. In years to come they will also be able to come to the park and point out the tree that they helped plant!  To book a tree planting session for your class contact the Nature Room on the number above.

 

Event: Tree Planting
Venue: Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Crèche, Co. Dublin
Date: 8th March 2012
Time: 11.00am
Organising Body: Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Other Details: Tree planting in front garden of Creche on Marine Rd
Contact Person: Tom Byrne.  Phone No: 01 2052700
Email: jellis@dlrcoco.ie
Website: www.dlrcoco.ie/parks

 

Event: Tree Planting on School Grounds
Venue: Scoil Mhuire, Shankill,  Co. Dublin
Date: 9th March 2012
Time: 1.00pm
Organising Body: Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Other Details: Tree planting in school grounds
Contact Person: Jim Ellis.  Phone No: 01 2052700
Email: jellis@dlrcoco.ie  Website: www.dlrcoco.ie/parks

 

 

Title of Event: UCD Campus Lunchtime Woodland Walk. 
Meeting point: Steps of the Agriculture and Food Science Centre (Building No. 2 on the map at www.ucd.ie
Date and Time:  Friday, March 9th @ 1.05pm
Organising body: UCD
Contact person:  Marie Doyle & Mary Forrest, UCD School of Agriculture & Food Science
Tel:     01-7167806    
E-mail: mdoyle@ucd.ie
Event Details:  Over 8km of woodland paths exist on the UCD Belfield campus. Five separate walks have been established and this event will bring visitors on the Millennium Walk. Further information on the series of walks and the UCD Belfield campus are available at www.ucd.ie

 

Event: Tree walks for Schools
Venue: Pearse Museum / St. Enda’s Park, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16
Date and Time:  Thursday 9th March from 10-1pm
Organising body/ies: OPW/ St. Enda’s Park
Contact person: Brian Crowley.  Tel: 01 4934208 E-mail: brian.Crowley@opw.ie  Website www.heritageireland.ie
Details of Event:  Schools are encouraged to book a tour and explore the wonderful trees of St. Enda’s Park with Nature Room staff. Book a tour of the grounds and find out about the different species of tree and their life cycles. There will also be a chance to see how the park sustains and develops its amazing collection of trees. To book a tree walk for your class contact the Nature Room on the number above.

 

Event: 50 Years of TV Celebrated With a Tree
Venue: RTE, Donnybrook, Dublin 4
Date: 9th March 2012
Time: 10.00am
Organising Body: Tree Council of Ireland
Other Details: Noel Curran, Director General of RTE, along with President of the Tree Council of Ireland, Éanna Ní Lamhna,  will plant a tree to mark 50 years of Television. 
Phone No: 01- 4931313
Email: trees@treecouncil.ie
Website: www.treecouncil.ie

 

 

Event: North and South Tree Walk
Venue: St. Anne's Park, Raheny and Killiney Hill, Co. Dublin
Date: 10th March
Time: 2.30pm
Organising Body: Irish Wildlife Trust, Dublin Branch
Other Details: To celebrate National Tree Week, the Dublin branch of the IWT are leading a dual tree walk event covering both sides of the city. Learn about our native and non-native species, their roles in providing habitats and enriching the environment on your doorstep!
Places are limited to 30 per tour so booking is essential, please include the walk you wish to attend. For St. Anne's, we will meet at the Red Stables car park and for Killiney, we will meet at the car park just off Burton Road.
Contact Person: Rachel.   Email: dublinbranch@iwt.ie
Website: http://dubliniwt.blogspot.com/

 

Event: Tree Planting by IKEA in partnership with Fingal County Council and the Tree Council of Ireland as part of their ‘Foot of Forest’ campaign
Venue: Waterville Park, Waterville Road, (near Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15.
Date: Saturday, March 10th.
Time: 10am – 12 noon
Event details: This is an opportunity to volunteer and take an active part in planting some trees during National Tree Week. Come along and join with other volunteers in helping to plant 2,000 native trees to renew existing woodland and develop new woodland areas in Blanchardstown’s Waterville Park. This event is open to all - whether you plant one tree or one hundred trees, you will be most welcome. Make sure to bring sturdy footwear and raingear. There will be children’s facepainting and balloon modelling so why not make it a family occasion and enjoy the fun!
Contact: Therese Casey Tel: 01-8905645 Mobile: 087-1305211 Email: Therese.Casey@fingalcoco.ie
Background: IKEA has teamed up with the Tree Council of Ireland and Fingal County Council to create native Irish woodlands at various locations in the Dublin area. Under the ‘Foot of Forest’ Campaign, every time a member of the IKEA Family loyalty card programme swipes their card in store, IKEA makes a donation to the Tree Council of Ireland to create one square foot of forest. Since the partnership began in 2010, a total of 10 acres of native woodland have been planted in Donabate, Santry and Blanchardstown and a further 5 acres will be planted in Blanchardstown’s Waterville Park and Dunsink during and around this year’s Tree Week. For more information on this project visit: http://www.treecouncil.ie/IKEA.html

 

Event: Ballyboughal Woodland Primrose Walk
Venue: O'Connors Pub, Ballyboughal, Fingal,  Co Dublin
Date: Saturday 10 March
Time: 2 pm
Organising Body: Ballyboughal Hedgerow Society
Other Details: Walk through stands of oak, beech and scots pine and enjoy the primroses, cherry groves and be amazed at the badger habitats. Cross a bridge and return to village along the road on the scenic Sli na Sceacha.
Contact Person: Ann
Phone No: 0863638487
Email: lynchjustice@gmail.com
Website: www.thehedge.org

 

Event: Poems About Trees
Venue: Pearse Museum / St. Enda’s Park, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16
Date and Time:  Saturday 10th March from 12-1pm
Organising body/ies: OPW/ St. Enda’s Park
Contact person: Brian Crowley.  Tel: 01 4934208 E-mail: brian.crowley@opw.ie  Website www.heritageireland.ie
Details of Event: Come along to the St. Enda’s Park Nature Room and recite your favourite tree-related poem. All welcome!

 

Event:  Guided Family Walk along Massy's Wood Nature Trail
Venue:  Massy's Wood, Killakee, Dublin
Date:  10th March 2012
Time:  12 noon
Organising Bodies:  Dublin Mountains Partnership/Coillte
Contact:  Karen Woods.  Tel:  087-0507022
Email:  info@dublinmountains.ie
Event Details: Guided walk along the Massy's nature trail.  Worksheets for children to complete.

 

Event: Scavenger Hunt
Venue: Pearse Museum / St. Enda’s Park, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16
Date and Time:  Saturday 10th March from 2-4pm
Organising body/ies: OPW/ St. Enda’s Park
Contact person: Brian Crowley  Tel: 01 4934208  E-mail: brian.crowley@opw.ie  Website www.heritageireland.ie
Details of Event:  Join in a fun scavenger hunt based on the wonderful trees of St. Enda’s Park! Meet at the Nature Room in the Courtyard.

 

Event:  Tree Planting Workshops for Children and Families
Venue: Glasnevin Cemetery
Date: March 10th
Time: 11.00 am
Organiser: Glasnevin Cemetery
Event details: Booking essential. Cost 6.00 per person. Each family will receive a tour featuring some of Glasnevin Cemetery's wonderful trees. Following this, each family will plant 3 saplings in Glasnevin Cemetery and learn how to plant their own seedling, which each child will take home..
Contact: Gretta Halpin Tel: 01-8826550.  E-mail: booking@glasnevintrust.ie

 

Event: Trees are for life not just for parks
Venue The Exchange Dublin Collective Arts Centre, Temple Bar
Date:  10th March
Time:  5 pm
Organising Body:  Exchange Dublin
Contact Person: Orla ná­ Dháill
Phone No: 0851217156
Email: Orla.Joey@gmail.com
Website: http://offwithorla.blogspot.com/

Other Details: An information evening which will inform people on the importance of forestry in Ireland and encourage them to the plant trees in their areas. 25 saplings (hopefully of hawthorn or oak) will be given out to people who have somewhere to plant them.

Galway

 

Event: Wood of Life Exhibition
Venue: GMIT Letterfrack, Co Galway
Date: 6th - 10th March 2012
Time: Daily from 10.00am to 8.00pm
Organising Body: Just Forests
Other Details: Activity sheets will be provided to help you gain as much information- leading to action - on Ireland's use of tropical timber.
We will also screen the film 'Taking Root' on the life of the late Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wangari Matthai, founder of the Green Belt Movement in Kenya.
Her Excellency, Catherine Muigai Mwangi, Kenya Ambassador to Ireland, Embassy of The Republic of Kenya, will introduce the film and talk on the life of Waangari Matthai. This event will take place at GMIT Letterfrack on Tuesday 6th March at 6.15 pm.
ALL welcome.
Contact Person: Tom Roche.  Phone No: 086 8049389
Email: info@justforests.org
Website: www.justforests.org

 

Event: Planting native trees in Barna Woods
Venue: Barna Woods in Galway
County: Galway
Date: Saturday, 3rd March 2012
Time: 11am-4pm
Organising Body: Galway City Council & Conservation Volunteers Galway
Event Details: We will be planting native trees in Barna Woods. Please come along and bring sturdy footwear, raingear and packed lunch
Contact Person: Monika Plucinska
Phone: 087-6604995
Email: Monika.Plucinska@galwaycity.ie

 

Event: Pairc na hAbhann, Athenry 'Adopt a Tree' Week
Venue: The residents of Pairc na hAbhann, Athenry have organised the planting of trees in their neighbourhood during National Tree Week.
County: Galway
Date: Sunday Mar 4th
Time: 11.00 - 3.00pm
Organising Body: Pairc na hAbhann Residents Association
Event Details: Event Sponsored by CycleWest Ireland, Pairc na hAbhann, Athenry, Co. Galway.
Contact Person: Fidelma Ray.  Tel: 087 6723471.   Email: paircnahabhann@gmail.com    

Website: www.paircnahabhann.com

 

 

Event: Crainn, Inné, Inniú, Amárach
Venue: Aughrim Heritage Park, Aughrim, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
Date: Tuesday 6th March
Time: 10am
Organising Body: Aughrim Community Development Association & Tidy Towns
Other Details:   Crainn, Inné, Inniú, Amárach.  Community Tree planting event 2012, launched by John Monaghan, National Trails Organisation, at 10 am in Aughrim Heritage Park. Trees kindly donated by Charlie Weily, N6 Nursery Ballinasloe and Galway County Council. Everybody Welcome!! Failte Roimh gach einne!!
Contact Person: Martina Finn
Phone No : 087 2201972
Email: martinafinn@gmail.com

 

 

 

Event Details: Planting trees
Venue;  Clonbur and Cloughbreach NS
Date:  9th March 2012
Time:  10:00
Organising Body:  Coillte
Contact:  Alan Maye.  Tel.  087 9135248
Email:  alan.maye@coillte.ie

 

Event: Kylemore Abbey Tree Planting Week
Venue: Kylemore Abbey & Victorian Walled Garden, Co.Galway
Date: 5th to 9th March
Time: 11:00 - 13:00
Organising Body: Kylemore Tourism Ltd.
Contact Person: Brid Connell.  Tel. 087-2113804   Email: brid@kylemoretourism.ie
Website: http://www.kylemoreabbeytourism.ie/
Other Details: During National Tree Week we invite national schools to come and celebrate our remarkable heritage of trees. Follow our tree trail and discover the variety of native and non-native trees. Some of these trees were planted by Mitchell Henry in the 1860s and originate from all over the world. Other trees are native to Ireland and are associated with folklore and magic. Each school will plant a native tree on the Kylemore estate contributing to the recreation of "An Choill Mhór”

 

Event: GMIT Letterfrack Tree Week
Venue: GMIT Letterfrack, Letterfrack, Co. Galway
Date: 5th to 8th March
Time: TBD
Organising Body: GMIT Letterfrack Green Campus Committee
Event Details: Tree Planting, Lectures on trees, native woodland, and ethical sourcing of timber
Contact: Simon Doyle.  Tel: 087-7524535    Email: g00278476@gmit.ie

 

Event: Cois na hAbhainn tree week
Venue: Cois na hAbhainn, Tuam,  Co. Galway
Date: 10th March
Time: 11am
Organising Body: residents association
Contact Person: Oliver Murphy,  Phone No: 086-8754380
Email: coisnahabhainntuam@ymail.com

Kerry

 

Event: 20% Off All Trees
Venue: Ballyseedy Home & Garden, Tralee, Co.Kerry
Date: 5th March - 12th March 2012
Organising Body: Ballyseedy Home & Garden
Other Details: In support of National Tree Week, Ballyseedy Home and Garden are offering a 20% discount off all trees and fruit bushes in both the Tralee and Cork branches. The offer is valid from the 5th March until the 12th March 2012.
Contact Person: Nathan McDonnell
Phone No: 021 488 10 10
Email: info.cork@ballyseedy.ie
Website: www.ballyseedy.ie

 

 

Title: Díseart Family Tree Garden
Venue: Díseart, Green Street, Dingle, Co. Kerry
Date: 3rd March.
Org Body: Díseart
Event Details: Planting of the Family Tree Garden. A tree can be sponsored for €20, this will give you a tree and a slate plaque. On the plaque, you can put your family name and also include the members of your family if you wish. If you or your family wish to come and plant the tree yourself, you can do so on the 3rd March
Contact Person: Seán Pól 087 9692323 ire-oconnors@sacredheart.edu

 

Event: CSPE Action Project 2012 Tarbert
Venue: Tarbert Comprehensive School, Tarbert, Co. Kerry
Date: 5th March
Time: 3:00pm
Organising Body: M. Hogan and Clonfert
Other Details: CSPE Action Project, Jimmy Deenihan, local TD and  Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and John Sheehan, local County Councillor
Contact Person: M. Hogan   Phone No: 06836105
Email: tarbert@iol.ie

 

Event: Family Fun with Tralee's Trees
Venue: Gortbrack Organic Farm, Ballyseedy, Tralee, Co Kerry
Date: 11th March 2012
Time: 11.00 - 14.00
Organising Body: Kerry Earth Education Project
Other Details: Family day of tree activities - tree planting, listen to the sap rising, family picnic (bring your own food!), tree identification, bring your own baby oak tree home, my favourite tree, squirrel games.
Contact Person: Cathy Eastman.  Tel:  085 7782289  Email: kerryearthed@gmail.com
Website: www.gortbrackorganicfarm.com

 

 

 

 

Kildare

 

Event Details:  For every tree that is bought in either of our two garden centres during National Tree Week, we will donate one to any school or organisation of the persons choice.  Trees will retail at €1.50 and are about 18in to 2ft tall.
Venue:  Moyvalley Garden Centre, Moyvalley, Co. Kildare.

Details:  Trees available include;
Populus n. 'Italica'
Quercus robor
Alnus glutinosa
Betula papyrifera
Aesculius hippocastanum
Fraxinus excelsior
Acer varieties
Corylus avellana
Quercus rubra
Larix decidua
Quantities are limited.
Phone:  046-9551223
Email:  moyvalleygardencentre@eircom.net
Phone:  046-9029710
Website:  www.beechmountgardenandlifestyle.ie
Facebook:  Beechmount Garden Centre

 

Event: Buy Trees online, Home delivery available
Venue: Johnstown Garden Centre, Naas, Co. Kildare
Date: Every day
Organising Body: Johnstown Garden Centre, Naas
Other Details: Over 100 types of trees in store and available to order online for home delivery.
Delivery Free for orders over €75 !
Contact Person: Jim Clarke.   Phone No: 045 879138
Email: info@johnstowngardencentre.ie
Website: http://www.johnstowngardencentre.ie/trees/50cat.aspx

 

Event: Tree Planting Demonstrations
Venue: Flannery's Nurseries Ltd., Staplestown, Donadea, Co. Kildare
Date: Friday 2nd & Sat 3rd March
Time: 10am, 12noon and 2pm each day
Organising Body: Flannery's Nurseries Ltd
Other Details: Tree Planting Demonstrations with advice on planting and aftercare.  Spot Prizes on the day.  Light refreshments available.
Contact Person: Martina Wyse.  Tel:  045 869131
Email: flannurs@iol.ie
Website: flannerysnurseries.com

 

Event:  Forest walk
Venue: Donadea Forest Park, Co. Kildare
Sunday: 4th March
Time:  2 pm at the Castle
Organising Bodies:  Coillte and Kildare County council .
George Hipwell.  Tel:   086 2576709/Ger Buckley 087-9131894/ Simon Wallace.  045-980539
Email:  gerard.buckley@coillte.ie; Email: swallace@kildarecoco.ie

Event: Woodland walk
Venue: Castletown House, Celbridge, Co. Kildare. 
Date and Time: 2.30 Sunday 4th March 2012
Organising body: OPW
Contact person: Pauline Kennedy  Tel: 086-6062729       
E-mail:     Pauline.kennedy@OPW.ie 
Website:  WWW. CASTLETOWN.IE and WWW.HERITAGEIRELAND.IE
Details of Event:  Dr. John Olley, Landscape Historian, will lead a walk commencing from the front steps of Castletown House at 2.30pm on 4th March 2012,  focusing on the historic woodland  of Castletown Demesne. Wear suitable clothing and footwear for terrain and weather.  Car parking - Exit 6 off N4, no vehicle access to Castletown from Celbridge village.

 

Event:  Tree Planting:  Trees – Our Past, Our Present, Our Future
Venue:  Queally Group Site, Naas, Co. Kildare
Date:  5th March 2012
Time:  10.30 am
Organising Body:  Professional Gardeners Guild
Contact Person:  Kay Hartigan.  Tel:  087-6621197
Email:  pggireland@gmail.com
Description of Event:  Tree planting with Martin Heydon, T.D. and The Queally Group will also be planting 100 trees on their site in Naas throughout National Tree Week.

 

Event:  Hedgelaying demonstration
Venue:  Athy Waterworks Treatment Plant Athy, Forbarrington Road, Athy Town
Date: Tuesday, 6th March
Time:  11 – 3pm
Organising Body:  Kildare County Council
Contact:  Simon Wallace
Event Details:  Hedge laying and hedge restoration demonstration.  This event is open to members of the public and schools in the area if they want to participate in the demonstration and learn the skills involved
Contact Person: Simon Wallace. Phone No: 045-980539
Email: swallace@kildarecoco.ie

 

 

Event: Hedgelaying and Hedge Restoration Demonstration
Venue: The Wonderful Barn, Leixlip
Date: Wednesday, 7th March 2012
Time: 11am-3pm
Organising Body: Kildare County Council
Other Details: Hedge laying and hedge restoration demonstration in The Wonderful Barn, Leixlip. Event is open to members of the public and schools in the area if they want to participate in the demonstration and learn the skills involved
Contact Person: Simon Wallace.   Phone No : 045-980539
Email: swallace@kildarecoco.ie

 

Event: Talk on the Folklore of Trees and Heritage Trees
Venue: Naas Library, Harbour View, Naas
Date: Thursday 8th March
Time: 7.30pm
Organising Body: Kildare County Council
Other Details: Niall McCoitir author of Irish Trees: Myths, Legends & Folklore,will give a presentation on the Folklore of trees.  Also on the night Aubrey Fennell from Tree Council of Ireland will give a talk on Champion and Heritage Trees. The talk is free to attend and open to all.
Contact Person: Simon Wallace.   Tel:   045-980539
Email: swallace@kildarecoco.ie

 

Event: Allenwood National Schools Tree Planting
Venue: Allenwood Community Development Association, Station Road, Allenwood, County: Kildare
Date: 8th March
Time: 12.00
Organising Body: Allenwood Community Development Association
Other Details: The Enterprise Park consists of 40 acres of cut away bog and woodland. During March the organisation will be planting 210 trees to provide food and shelter for the Red Squirrel. The planting is grant aided by Kildare County Council under the Heritage Grant scheme.
The children from Allenwood boys and girls National Schools will be participating in a tree planting ceremony on the 8th March, to mark National Tree Week.
Contact Person: Tom Quinn
Phone No: 045 870804   Email: tomquinn@acdal.ie   Website: www.acdal.ie

 

 

Kilkenny

 

Event: National Tree week workshop
Venue: Glanbia, Countrylife Ballyhale, Co. Kilkenny
Date: 10th March
Time: 11am
Organising Body: Siobhan Mason/ Teresa Walsh
Other Details: Countrylife Garden Centre Ballyhale is celebrating National Tree Week with special offers on all potted trees, bare root trees, fruit trees and ornamental trees for national tree week. The Garden Centre is also holding a workshop on how to plant feed and stake a tree when planting and it's after care. We will also give advice on tree varieties for particular sites and locations.
Contact Person: Teresa Walsh.  Phone No : 0879511651
Email: teresawalsh@glanbia.ie
Website: countrylifegardening.ie

 

 

Event: Guided walks of Kilkenny Castle Park
Venue: Kilkenny Castle Park
Date: Tuesday 6th march, Thursday 8th march
Time: 11.00
Organising Body: OPW / Kilkenny Castle
Other Details: To celebrate Tree Week our head gardener, Colm Mangan, is offering free guided walks of Kilkenny Castle Park. Booking is essential.
Contact Person: Lesley or Maelle.   Phone No: 0567704100
Email: kilkennyguides@opw.ie
Website: www.kilkennycastle.ie

 

Event: Nature Trail
Venue: Kilkenny Castle Park
Date: 5th March - 9th March
Time: 9.00 to 16.00
Organising Body: OPW / Kilkenny Castle
Other Details: Kilkenny Castle invites Primary Schools to take part in a Nature Trail in the Castle Park. The event is Free of charge. Booking is essential. For more details contact Lesley or Maelle.
Contact Person: Lesley or Maelle.  Phone No : 0567704100
Email: kilkennyguides@opw.ie
Website: www.kilkennycastle.ie

 

 

 

Laois

 

Event:  Tree Planting Ceremony with Incoming GAA President, Mr. Liam O'Neill
Venue: Trumera GAA Club, Trumera, Mountrath, Co. Laois
Date: Tuesday March 6th. 
Time: 10.30 am
Organiser: GAA - Gaelic Athletic Association
Event details: A tree planting ceremony will be performed by GAA President Elect, Mr. Liam O'Neill in association with children from local schools, GAA members and local public representatives.
Contact: Fintan Walsh Tel: 087-9047169.

 

Event: Family Forest Walk.
Venue: Monicknew,Co Laois..
Date: Sunday 11th March 2012
Time: 1500 hrs.
Organising Body: Coillte.
Event Details: Meet in the car park at Monicknew (between Clonaslee and Mountrath) at 1500hrs.Two hour walk on forest tracks.
Contact Person: Richard Jack.  Phone No : 086 2502573
Email: richard.jack@coillte.ie

 

 

Leitrim

Event: Forest Walk
Venue: Demesne, Glenfarne, Co Leitrim
Date: 4th March
Time: 2 pm
Organising Body: Coillte.
Contact: Michael O Donovan, Coillte Office, Government Buildings, Cranmore Road Sligo or Gerry McTiernan, Coillte Office, Lough Key Forest Park, Boyle, Co Roscommon.
Tel: Michael O’Donovan 086-6783545/071-9162663 or Gerry McTiernan 086-6040042.
Email: mick.odonovan@coillte.ie or gerry.mctiernan@coillte.ie
Details: Forest walk in Demesne property Glenfarne.

 

Event: Tree Planting
Venue: Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
Date: 9th March
Time: 4 pm
Organising Bodies: Ballinamore Tidy Towns/Coillte
Contact: Andy Duffy. Tel: 086 2757411
Email: andrew.duffy@coillte.ie

 

Limerick

Event:  Tree Planting Ceremony and Local Walk Through Planted Amenity Area
Venue: St. Columba’s Graveyard, Pallasgreen and The Demesne, Newcastlewest.  
Date and Time: 6th March 2012 at 15:00 and 10th March 2012 at 12:00 – Register half hour before time)
Organising body/ies: Limerick County Council (Horticulture Section and Sports Partnership Section)
Contact person: Diarmuid Sheehy Tel: (061) 496402 E-mail: dsheehy@limerickcoco.ie Website: www.lcc.ie
Short description of Event: The tree planting ceremony shall consist of re-landscaping an existing planted bed in the above identified graveyard and planting an oak tree. This event will take place in the Cathaoirleach’s Electoral Area.  The walk has been arranged by the Sports Partnership Section of Limerick County Council and will take place through an amenity park that was developed by Limerick County Council in Newcastle West. Limerick County Council has carried out extensive tree planting in this amenity and it is still on-going.

 

Event: Abbeyfeale Men's Group planting Tree for National Tree Week
Venue: Abbeyfeale Community Garden, Convent Street, Abbeyfeale, Co Limerick
Date: 9th March 2012
Time: 4 o'clock
Organising Body: Abbeyfeale Men's Group
Other Details: Planting Native Trees at the Community Garden along with sponsorship from Proactive Finance Ltd to enhance our event hightlighting the importance of planting native trees.
Contact Person: Denis Collins.   Phone No : 0876497671
Email: deniscollins@live.ie

 

Event:  Yew Walk
Venue;  Coillte Forest Park Curragh Chase, Kilcornan, Co. Limerick
Note:  Pay barrier will be raised at 1.o'clock for this event.
Date:  6th March 2012
Time:  2.00pm.
Organising Body:  Coillte
Contact:  Eileen O Keeffe or Brendan Lally
Tel:  Eileen O Keeffe 087 2487503/Brendan Lally 086 3880896
Email:  eileen.okeeffe@coillte.ie/brendan.lally@coillte.ie
Event Details:  Guided walk through Curragh Chase Yew Wood LIFE Project.

Longford

Event:  Tree Planting Ceremony
Venue: Cnocnagaoithe,  Lanesborough , Co. Longford
Date:   Friday 9th March
Time:  3.30 pm
Organising Bodies:  Coillte in  Association with Cnocnagaoithe  Residence Association, Rep. Mark Casey
Contact:   Pat Brady    086 2532328 or  Mark Casey  087 2317669
Email:  pat.brady@coillte.ie
Event Details:  Provision of trees and planting ceremony to support local Community Residents to landscape an unfinished housing estate.

 

Event:  Guided Forest Walk and  tree planting ceremony
Venue:  Derrycassan Forest, Dring, Co Longford
Date:  Friday 9th  March
Time:  10 am - starting from inner  forest car park
Organising Body:   Coillte in association with Ballinalee National School -- 3rd class
Contact:  Pat Brady, 086 2532328  or Linda Hughes, 043 3323333
Email:   pat.brady@coillte .ie
Event details:   Guided forest walk & tree planting.   Parents and members of Community welcome

 

Louth

Event:  National Tree Week Launch Ceremony
Date: Sunday 4 March
Organiser: Tree Council of Ireland
Venue: Ardee, Co. Louth
Event details: Come and join the Tree Council of Ireland for an afternoon of family fun, open to all, with tree and wood related activities and demonstrations.  The President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, will officially launch National Tree Week 2012 with a tree planting ceremony at 12 noon.
Contact: Tree Council of Ireland. Tel: 01-4931313; E-mail: trees@treecouncil.ie

 

Event:  Ravensdale Walk
Venue:  Ravensdale Forest
Date:  7th March 2012
Time:  To be decided
Organising Body:  Coillte
Contact:  Dermot Cantwell.  Tel:  087-1216897
Email:  dermot.cantwell@coillte.ie
Event Details:  Walk in the Woods

 

Event: Tree Planting
Venue: Cherrybrook Ardee Co Louth
Date: 9th March 2012
Time: 11.00am
Organising Body: Shining Stars preschool
Contact Person: Eilish Mc Neice.  Phone No : 0860261125
Email: eilish.mcneice@gmail.com
Website: eilish.mcneice@gmail.com

Mayo

 

Event:  Walk in Moorehall, Mayo
Venue:  Moorehall
Date:  Week of 4th March
Time:  To be confirmed
Organising Body:  Coillte
Contact:  Joe Fenton.  Tel.  086 2506029
Email:  joseph.fenton@coillte.ie

 

Event: Irish Native Trees & Wildflowers
Venue: Tacu Centre, (beside the Credit Union- side gate admission)
Main Street, Ballinrobe, County: Mayo
Date: 6th March 2012
Time: 7.30pm
Organising Body: Mary Varley  -  Independent Organiser
Other Details: Thirty Minute Presentation to the Ballinrobe Garden Club
using the mediums of Powerpoint Slide Projection, Flipchart and Practical Demonstrations.  Promises to be an enjoyable night with information pack to each participant.
Contact Person: Mary Varley
Phone No: 093-33665
Email: varleymary@gmail.com

 

Event:  Forest Talk to Carrowholly NS, Co. Mayo
Venue:  Carrowholly NS
Date:  6th March 2012
Time:  10:00
Organising Body:  Coillte
Contact:  Dermot Tiernan.  Tel.  086 6057106
Email:  dermot.tiernan@coillte.ie
Event Details:  Talk on trees and forests to students at Carrowholly N

 

Event: Planting for the Future
Venue: St. Mary's Augustinian Abbey Grounds, Ballyhaunis, County: Mayo
Date: 7th March 2012
Time: 11am
Organising Bodies: Abbey Partnership - Family Resource Centre - Tidy Towns
Event Details: Trees will be planted on the Abbey Grounds by National School children and the local community to enhance our towns park and recreation amenity and to foster a sense of pride in our environment and heritage
Contact Person: Stephen Grogan.  Tel: 094-9630031.  Email: ballyhaunisfrc@eircom.net

 

Event: Planting for the future
Venue: Ballycastle Church/School, Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
Date:  4th March 2012
Time: 11.30am
Organising Body: Ballycastle Tidy Towns
Other Details: Starts with local national school pupils planting a tree along with the local community, followed with a stroll on the Sralagagh Walk followed with refreshments.
Contact Person: Barbara Kelly.   Phone No : 0860889010
Email: keadyvillebandb@hotmail.com

 

Event:  Inaugural Annual Forest Walk  
Venue: Clare Lake, McMahon Park, Claremorris, Co. Mayo
Meeting Point:  At Bandstand
Date:  11th March
Time: 3 pm
Organising Body:  Clare Lake, McMahon Park Development Group
Contact Name:  Sean Heneghan
Phone:  094-9371126
Details:  3 mile walk.  Flat terrain but wear suitable footwear and outdoor clothing. 

 

 

 

Meath

 

Event : Ceremonial Tree Planting  with Minister Shane McEntee, TD, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Eanna Ni Lamhna, President of the Tree Council of Ireland
Date: Monday 5th March
Time:  11 am
Venue:  Littlewood, Slane, Co. Meath
Event Details:  Tree planting for National Tree Week. 

 

 

Event: Tree Sale
Venue: Lusks Garden Centre, Killyon, Hill-of-Down, Enfield, Co.Meath
Date: 4th-10th March 2012
Time: 9am-5pm Mon- Sat, 1pm-5pm Sun ,Closed Wednesday
Organising Body: Lusks Garden Centre
Other Details: TREE SALE in conjunction with National Tree Week.
Lusks Garden centre, winner of Bord Bia's plant centre of the year and Best plant quality for the last three years are offering you 25% off a selection of trees to celebrate national tree week.
Contact Person: Bernadette Lusk & Gary Lusk.  Phone No: 0469546224
Email: lusksgardencentre@gmail.com
Website: www.lusksgardencentre.ie

 

Event Details:  For every tree that is bought in either of our two garden centres during National Tree Week, we will donate one to any school or organisation of the persons choice.  Trees will retail at €1.50  and are about 18in to 2ft tall.
Venue: Beechmounts Navan Garden Centre Trim Rd., Navan, Co. Meath
Details:   Trees available include;
Populus n. 'Italica'
Quercus robor
Alnus glutinosa
Betula papyrifera
Aesculius hippocastanum
Fraxinus excelsior
Acer varieties
Corylus avellana
Quercus rubra
Larix decidua
Quantities are limited.
Phone:  046-9029710
Website:  www.beechmountgardenandlifestyle.ie
Facebook - Beechmount Garden Centre

 

Crann Chairman Gerard Clarke will  host Tree Walk & Talk events
Venue: Dalgan Park, Navan, Co. Meath
Time: Tree Week 4-10 March
Everyone is very welcome. Please dress for the weather , if necessary, bring wellies and waterproof clothes!
For further details and updates of events keep an eye on our website www.crann.ie
Crann Tel: 01-6275075 Email: info@crann.ie

 

Event:  Tree Trail Around Headfort School/Tree Planting
Venue:   Headfort School, Kells, Co Meath.
Date: Sunday 4th March
Time: 2 pm
Organising body: Headfort School, Kells, Co Meath.
Contact person: Michael Bolton.    Email:  mdcbolton@hotmail.com
Contact no: 046 9240065 (Office hours) or 086 8137596 Please phone to book.
Description of Event: A guided tour around the historic gardens at Headfort House followed by a tree planting ceremony. The principal rooms of the house will also be open.  Afternoon tea. All welcome.

 

Event: Oldbridge Self Guiding Tree Trail
Venue: Battle of the Boyne Visitor Centre, Oldbridge, Drogheda, Co. Meath
Date: 4th to 11th March
Time: 10am to 4pm Daily
Organising Body: Office of Public Works
Other Details: Download your FREE Oldbridge Tree Trail from our website at www.battleoftheboyne@opw.ie
Details:  Follow the map and answer the questions. Don't forget to bring a pen. Then simply hand completed workbooks into the Battle of the Boyne Visitor Centre by 3pm on Sunday 11th March.  All correct answers entered into a draw.
Contact Person: Dolores McGover.  Tel.   041 9809950
Email: battleoftheboyne@opw.ie
Website: www.battleoftheboyne.ie

 

Event:  Dale Treadwell will host a Crann event packed with fun activities
Venue: Sonairte, Laytown, Co. Meath
Time: Thursday 8th March 10a.m.-4p.m.
Event Details:  Everyone is very welcome. Please dress for the weather , if necessary, bring wellies and waterproof clothes!
For further details and updates of events keep an eye on our website www.crann.ie
Organising Body:  Crann Tel: 01-6275075 Email: info@crann.ie

 

Monaghan

 

Event:   Tanagh OEC Wildlife Garden
Venue:  Tanagh Outdoor Education Centre, Dartrey, Rockcorry, County Monaghan
Date:  8th March
Time: 10pm - 3pm
Organising Body: Tanagh OEC
Other Details: Planting of native trees, hedging, willow and wildflower seed in the Wildlife Garden at Tanagh OEC.  We will also make and install bird and bat boxes.  There will be tea and lunch provided for volunteers on the day.  Event starts at 10 and finishes at 3pm.
Contact: Andrew McCaul  Tel.:  049-5552988
Email: andrew@tanaghoutdooreducation.com
Website: www.tanaghoutdooreducation.com

 

Offaly

Event: Family Forest Walk.
Venue: Kinnitty Forest.
Date: Sunday,March 4th.2012.
Time: 1500hrs
Organising Body: Coillte.
EventDetails: Meet in the car park at Kinnitty Castle at 1500hrs. Two hour walk along forest road,tracks and riverbank.Underfoot can be muddy in places,so sturdy foot wear required! Unfortunately not buggy friendly!
Contact Person: Richard Jack.  Phone No : 086 2502573
Email: richard.jack@coillte.ie

 

 

Roscommon

 

Event: From little acorns...
Venue: Ardcarne Plantsplus Garden Centre, Boyle
AND Ardcarne Plantsplus Garden Centre, Roscommon Town
Date: 4-10th March
Time: 9 - 6pm Mon-Sat, 1 - 6pm Sunday
Organising Body: Ardcarne Plantsplus Garden Centre
Other Details: Offering one of the most comprehensive selections of trees in the west of Ireland, we are delighted to supply a free oak sapling to every child who visits on Saturday 10th March. During National Tree Week (4-10th) we will also be giving away a FREE stake, tie and promotional seaweed fertiliser with tree purchases. Semi-mature trees are also an incredible HALF PRICE during National Tree Week and we have 2 for 1 Vouchers to give away for the new Zipit Forest Adventure in the nearby Lough Key Forest Park. All promotions while stocks last.
Contact Person: Mary Frances Dwyer or James Wickham.  
Phone No: 07196 67091
Email: ardcarne@ardcarneplantsplus.ie

 

Event: Hedgerow Management
Venue: Tivannagh House, (turn off R294 onto L50471), Tivannagh, Boyle, Co. Roscommon
Date: 7th March 2012
Time: 9am
Organising Body: Thomas J. Crummy Landscaping
Other Details: Demonstration on how to manage a newly planted hedgerow which has been overgrown with weeds and grass. Hedge planting demonstration. Talk about safe use of chemicals and alternative more environmentally sensitive control measures.
Contact Person: Thomas Crummy.  Tel: 071-9663086
Email: info@thomasjcrummy.com
Website: www.thomasjcrummy.com

 

 

Event: Zipit Forest Adventures partners with Ardcarne Garden Centre
Venue: Boyle, Co. Roscommon
Date: March 10th
Organising Body: Zipit & Ardcarne GC
Other Details: Ardcarne Garden Centre will be giving away a FREE Oak sapling to every child that visits Ardcarne Plantsplus Garden Centre on Saturday 10th March and Zipit Forest Adventures will give away some special 2 for 1 vouchers to customers who purchase a native tree.
Contact Person: Zipit or Ardcarne
Phone No: 051 858008
Email: info@zipit.ie
Website: www.zipit.ie and www.ardcarneplantsplus.ie

 

 

Sligo

 

Event: Trees - Irish varieties to suit your local environment 2 trees for €50
Venue: Connacht Gold DIY and Garden Centre, Depp Water Quay, Sligo
Date: 4-10th March
Time: 9.00-17.30
Organising Body: Connacht Gold DIY and Garden Centre
Other Details: In-store tree promotion and offers on native whips
Contact Person: Damien Conlon/Edel Noone.  Phone No : 0719161879
Email: sligogc@cgold.ie
Website: www.garden-centres.ie

 

 

Event:  Forest Walk
Venue:  Union Wood, Sligo
Date:  4th March
Time:  3 pm
Organising Body:  Coillte
Contact:  Martin Ruane.   Tel: 086 8102020/Paul Murray:  Tel: 086 2757329
Email:  paul.murray@coillte .ie

 

Event: Walking a Young Tree Labyrinth
Venue: Carrowcrory Cottage, nr Ballinafad, (map with directions on our web site), Co.Sligo
Date: March 6th - 10th
Time: 2pm until 5pm daily
Organising Body: John Willmott and Claire Roche
Other Details: Introduction to labyrinth walking, including myth stories, introduction to ogham, simple meditations and games. Claire Roche will be present with songs, stories and harps on 7th, 8th and 9th. Some tree planting to be done too, by volunteers.
Contact Person: John Willmott.  Phone No: 071 966 6480
Email: john@celticways.com
Website: http://www.celticways.com

 

Event: Poetree Walk
Venue: Hazelwood Forest, Co. Sligo
Date: Sunday 4th March
Time: 3.00 pm
Organising Body: Edward Durand
Other Details: A walk around Hazelwood forest, stopping to read poems about trees. Meet in Half-moon bay car park.
Contact Person: Edward Durand.   Phone No: 071 9194792
Email: edshoulderskneesandtoes@yahoo.ie

 

 

Event: Fancy dress, quiz and tree planting.
Venue: Réalt na Mara N.S., Rosses Point, Co. Sligo
Date: 8th March 2012
Time: 13.30
Organising Body: Thomas J. Crummy Landscaping
Other Details: School kids dress up in camouflage. Prize for best effort. Short quiz and practical lesson in tree planting. Sponsored prizes welcome.
Contact Person: Thomas Crummy
Phone No : 071-9663086
Email: info@thomasjcrummy.com
Website: www.thomasjcrummy.com

 

Event: Help us celebrate our school's Quasquicentennial Celebration.
Venue: St. Ronan's N.S. Cloonloo, via Boyle, Co. Sligo.
Established since 1886.
Date: Friday 9th March
Time: 2pm
Organising Body: Thomas J. Crummy Landscaping
Other Details: Kids Fancy dress, tree planting and competition. Press welcome.
Contact Person: Thomas Crummy.  Tel: 0868577750
Email: info@thomasjcrummy.com or Cloonloo@iol.ie
Website: www.thomasjcrummy.com

 

Event: Tree planting and information.
Venue: Dorrins Strand, Strandhill, Sligo
Date: Saturday,10th-March
Time: 12.00pm
Organising Body: Dorrin’s Strand residents Association
Other Details: Tree planting in the grounds of Dorrins Strand. Open to all.
Contact Person: Tina Brooks.  Phone No : 0719168873
Email: tinabrookssligo@hotmail.com

 

Tipperary

 

Event:  Johnny Mc Carthy’s Woodturning exhibition
Venue:  Bookworm Workshop, Liberty Square, Thurles
Dates:  4th – 17th March
Organising Body:  Johnny Mc Carthy Woodturning
Contact:  Johnny Mc Carthy, 086-8326369

 

Event:  R.J. Gough’s “Worth Another Gander”  Bog Wood Sculptors and Wildlife photography
Venue:  Main foyer, LIT Thurles 
Date:  24th February - 8th March
Organisation:  R.J. Gough/Thurles LIT/North Tipperary County Council
Contact:  Marion Carey Heritage Officer, 067-44677/R.J. Gough, 087-2072090.

 

Event:  Launch of National Tree Week in North Tipperary and Tree Planting Ceremony Venue:  Newtown, Portroe
Date and Time:  Wednesday 29th February, 10.30
Organisation:  North Tipperary County Council/Youghalarra School
Contact:  Deirdre Cox, Environmental Awareness Officer, 067-44784

 

Event:  CountryLife Garden and Pet Centre, Dove Hill Design Centre, Carrick on Suir have donated a number of trees to be planted beside the Ormonde Castle in Tipperary

 

 

Event: Family Tree / Familiar Trees Art Workshop
Venue: The Common Thread Café, 15 Parnell St, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Date: 3 March 2012
Time: 11 - 1pm
Organising Body: The Common Thread
Other Details: People of all ages are invited to draw or paint trees inspired by their favourite native irish or other familiar trees; to represent their own family tree, discovering where they come from and what future branches may hold. The tree in its form of roots, trunk, branches is the template for our own exploration of past, present and future.
Contact Person: Theresia Gushlbauer.  Phone No : 0868225054
Email: commonthreadcafe@gmail.com
Website: http://www.facebook.com/thecommonthreadcafe

 

Event:  Tree Walk and Talk with George Cunningham
Venue:  St. Cronan’s R.C. Church, Roscrea
Date and Time:  4th March at 3pm
Organisation:  North Tipperary County Council
Contact:  Marion Carey, Heritage Officer, 067-44677

 

Event:  Woodland walk and Talk with Brendan Lally, Forester, Coillte (including discussion on management plan for wood, objectives, design, amenity, Q&A)   
Venue:  Castletown, Portroe 
Date and Time:  Monday, 5th March at 2pm (Meet at the Lookout at 2pm)
Organisation:  Coillte
Contact:  Brendan Lally, Coillte /Marion Carey,  Heritage Officer, 067-44677

 

Event: Dale Treadwell, Crann  - Workshops and Tree Planting in schools throughout North Tipperary
Venue:  Various schools
Date:  5th – 9th March
Organisation:  North Tipperary County Council
Contact:  Deirdre Cox, Environmental Awareness Officer, 067-44784

 

Event: Native Trees Display and launch of Green Books Collection
Venue: Clonmel Library, Emmet St., Clonmel, Co Tipperary
Date: March 6th to 10th
Organising Body: Tipperary Libraries
Other Details: Display of information on Native Irish Trees and the launch of our new Green Books Collection in association with ENFO
Contact Person: Marie Boland.   Phone No: 052-6124545
Email: clonmel@tipperarylibraries.ie
Website: tipperarylibraries.ie

 

 

Event:  Walk through Templemore Park and presentation with Eanna Ni Lamhna
Venue:  Templemore Town Park and Templemore Library
Date:  Tuesday, 6th  March
Walk: 10.30 – 11.30
Presentation : 11.30 – 12.30
Organisation:  North Tipperary County Council and Templemore Library
Contact:  Marion Carey, Heritage Officer, 067-44677 / Pat Bracken (0504) 32555 Templemore Library

 

Event: Treeyarn at the Common Thread
Venue: The Common Thread Café, 15 Parnell St, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Date: 6 to 10 March
Time: 11 - 5pm
Organising Body: The Common Thread Cafe
Other Details: Tree Week starts with a yarnbombing project: help knit a multi-coloured treeyarn which will be wrapped around the trees of Parnell St. at the end of tree week. The treeyarn is a good excuse to refresh your knitting skills and “yarn” about trees coming up to and throughout Tree Week. The yarn symbolises the circulation of the sap to energise the buds and root-tips as Spring is sprung.
Contact Person: Theresia Gushlbauer.  Phone No : 0868225054
Email: commonthreadcafe@gmail.com
Website: http://www.facebook.com/thecommonthreadcafe

 

Event:  “Biodiversity Walk and Tree Planting” with Joe Bourke, Holycross Development Association
Venue:  Biodiversity Garden, Cashel Road, Holycross Village
Date and Time:  Wednesday 7th March, 11.00 – 12.00 
Organisation:  Holycross Development Association
Contact: Deirdre Cox, Environmental Awareness Officer, 067-44784

 

Event:  Forest Lakeside Walk
Venue:  Marl Bog Forest, Dundrum, Co Tipperary.
Date:  Wednesday 7th March 2012
Times:  10:00am. 11:30am, 1pm.
Organising Body:  Coillte
Contact:  John Moore.  Tel:  087 8501683
Email:  john.moore@coillte.ie
Event Details:  2 kilometre lakeside forest walk incorporating forest animal viewing stand.

 

Event: Trees for Life, Trees for Community.
Venue: Knockanacree Community Woodlands & Cloughjordan Village main street.
County: Tipperary
Date: Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th March
Time: as below.....
Organising Body: Cloughjordan Community Development Committee - Nature Links Programme.
Other Details:
Sat 10th - Morning (10.30 am): Knockanacree Community Woodlands - Spindle Tree 'Hunt' and Spinning Wheel Demonstration. Afternoon (3.40pm): Native tree planting - 'Market Square', Eco-Village Project, Cloughjordan.. 
Sun 11th - Morning (12.00): Community Beech Hedge planting on village approach road with local families.
Contact Person: Gearoid O’Foighil.   Tel: 0879009748  Email: gearoid.ofoighil@gmail.com
Website: www.cloughjordan.ie

 

Event: Twigs Gather and Tree Walk Clonmel
Venue: Gathering: Common Thread Cafe, Parnell St, Clonmel 11am to 1pm
Tree Walk: Minella Hotel Car Park, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary at 2.30pm
Date: 10th March 2012
Time: 11am to 1pm and 2.30pm for Tree Walk
Organising Body: The Common Thread cafe
Other Details: TWIGS Gather Saturday 10th March from 11 am to 1pm, tree and woodland lovers and other tree afficionados are invited to gather and “kindle” together, to discuss ideas and projects and share experience and information around the topic of trees. For those who wish to stay on, there will be an afternoon Tree Walk of Clonmel at 2.30pm, with Paddy O’Keeffe, ex-town gardener, who will share his knowledge of the rare and special trees of Clonmel and tell interesting fact and stories about them. Meet at Minella Hotel car park for 2.30.
Contact Person: Theresia Gushlbauer.   Phone No: 0868225054
Email: commonthreadcafe@gmail.com
Website: http://www.facebook.com/thecommonthreadcafe?ref=ts

 

 

Event:   Tree Identification, Uses and Folklore.
Venue:  Sean O' Farrell's Farm Cloncannon, Gortagarry.
Date:     March 11th
Time :   3pm
Event Details:  This event is running with National Tree week. Join Anne
Marie Fleming, Anne Lloyd and Tom Gallagher as they take us on a trip around Sean's farm to study some of the many Native Species of trees. You might like to plant a native tree on the day.
Contact: Seán O'Farrell Mobile 087 9227957

 

Waterford

Event:  Tree Plantings
Venue:  Various locations
Date and Time: 5th – 9th March 2012
Organising body:  Waterford City Council
Contact person: Ella Ryan.  Tel: 051849938      E-mail: eryan@waterfordcity.ie.   Website:  www.waterfordcity.ie

 

Westmeath

Event:  Belvedere Sacred Tree Trail
Date: Sunday 4 March
Time: 2.00
Contact: Brigid Geoghegan/Bartle D'Arcy Phone: 044-9349060 . 
Email: info@belvedere-house.ie
Website: www.belvedere-house.ie
Organiser: Belvedere House Gardens and Park
Event details: Meet Bartle Darcy, Belvedere General Manager for a Sacred Tree Trail which will involve a guided walk of Belvedere's forest, discovering deep forgotten wisdom, identifying and explaining the significance of Sacred Trees in the Celtic landscape.

 

Event:  Guided woodland walk to celebrate National Tree Week, with expert members of Crann
Date: Saturday 10th March
Time: 2.00
Contact: Brigid Geoghegan/Bartle D'Arcy Phone: 044-9349060 . 
Email: info@belvedere-house.ie
Website: www.belvedere-house.ie
Organiser: Belvedere House Gardens and Park and Crann
Event details: Free woodland walk. Meet at main reception at 2 pm and please wear appropriate outdoor clothing and footwear. Walk will last 1.5 to 2 hours. The walk will be led by expert members of Crann, a leading voluntary tree organisation dedicated to the promotion and protection of trees, hedgerows and woodlands.

 

Wexford

Event: Talking Trees/Free Event
Venue: Irish National Heritage Park, Ferrycarrig, Wexford. Meet at reception area of Visitor Centre
Dates and Times: Sunday 4th 2.30pm / Wednesday 7th March 11am
Organising Body: Irish National Heritage Park
Other Details: National Tree Week “Tree Talk” with Eoin Donnelly
Walk and Talk with Eoin Donnelly an experienced forester, conservationist and traditional woodland craftsman. Eoin Donnelly is currently Project Manager over the refurbishment of the traditional structures at the Irish National Heritage Park. Walk and Talk with him around the Park, looking at the Flora and fauna of the park and the utilization of local material used in the construction of the unique structures.
Note:  Walk lasts approximately 1½ hours.  Please wear appropriate clothing & foot wear.
Contact:  053-9120733
Email: info@inhp.com
Website: www.inhp.com

 

 

Event: Rosslare Tree Planting Ceremony
Venue: Cluain Aoibhinn, Rosslare Strand
County: Wexford
Date: Sunday 4th March 2012
Time: 2.00 pm
Organising Body: Cluain Aoibhinn Residents Association
Event Details: Cluain Aoibhinn is a new housing estate in Rosslare which has not been landscaped and, trees and plants would greatly enhance it. We aim to interest all residents and local people in actively participating in planting trees to show how this can enhance and improve the environment.
Contact Person: Mrs Ita Carroll
Phone No : 053-9132206

 

Event: Forest Walk
Venue: JFK Arboretum
Date and Time: Thursday 8th March 2012 at 10.30 am
Organising body/ies: Office of Public Works
Contact person:   Bill Hurley
Tel:  051 - 388171
 E-mail:   bill.hurley@opw.ie
Website:  www.heritageireland.ie
Details of Event:   Forest walk with description of forest species, forest management, timber uses, wildlife  and a demo on how to plant and fell trees.

 

Event: School Competition
Venue:  County Wide Competition
Date and Time:  Closing date 30th March
Organising body/ies: Wexford County Council Environment Section
Contact person: Cliona Connolly
Tel: 053 9196475  E-mail: cliona.connolly@wexfordcoco.ie 
Short description/details of Event:
Win Free Trees for your Garden/School/Local Area.
In no more than 100 words write in and describe a planted area of trees in your garden, school or local area. Don’t forget to include your name and contact details and send your entry to Environment Section, County Hall, Carricklawn, Wexford. Closing date for receipt of all entries in Friday 30th March 2012.

 

Wicklow

 

Event: Guided Forest Walk “˜From the Ice Age to the next Millennium -  Trees, Our Past, Our Present, Our Future”
Venue: Avondale Forest Park, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow
Date: 4th March 2012
Time: 14:30
Organising Body: Coillte
Other Details: A guided walk in Avondale Forest Park that will bring you back in time to the last ice age and forward in time to the next millennium.  Join us on this journey and hear stories of myth and legend, find out about the nobles of the forest, the time when the trees were gone, the birth of Irish forestry and learn what the future might hold. The walk will take about 1.5 hours, it will follow the Centenary Trail.  Please wear walking boots/rubber boots and dress for the weather.  Meet in the Coach Park at 14:30.  Note: there will be no car-park charge from 13:00 on Sunday 4th March.
Contact Person: Clodagh Duffy (086-6837136) and Jean Costelloe (086-6042067)  Email: Clodagh.duffy@coillte.ie or jean.costelloe@coillte.ie
Website: www.coillteoutdoors.ie

 

Event: Tree Walk
Venue: The Native Woodland Trust Blessington Woodland Reserve, Russborough, Co Wicklow
Date:  4th March
Time: 12:00 noon
Organising Body: The Native Woodland Trust
Other Details: Join us as we celebrate National Tree Week with a walk on our Blessington Reserve at Russborough on the shores of the Poulaphouca Reservoir.   Our Blessington reserve boasts a number of mature trees of various variety as well as a sheltered wetland ecosystem and beautiful lakeside views. Our walk will follow the theme of 2012 National Tree Week "Trees - Our Past, Our Present Our Future". The walk will highlight the mature trees onsite, some dating back to the planting of the Russborough estate, we will then discuss our plans for the planting and management of the site as the Trust takes measures to ensure a vibrant native woodland establishes itself here now and long into the future.
Contact Person: Kieran Flood.   Phone No : 087 1953629
Email: kieran.flood@nativewoodlandtrust.ie
Website: www.nativewoodlandtrust.ie

 

 

Date: Tuesday 6th March
Time: 11.30am - 12.30pm
Location: Powerscourt Gardens
Cost: Included in entry to gardens / Free of charge for season ticket holders. No booking is required.

Event Details:  Author and forestry expert Michael Carey will give a walking tour of the trees in Powerscourt Gardens. Michael is from County Wicklow and has written a fantastic book on the area called 'Wicklow's trees and woodlands over four centuries'. Michael has worked in the National Soil Survey, State Forest Service and Coillte and also as a forestry and management consultant. The walking tour should prove very enjoyable and you will come away armed with plenty of new information on the trees in Wicklow!

 

Event: Tree Planting Ceremony to mark the Re-Launch of the Sean Lenihan Walk.
Venue: Aughrim, Co Wicklow
Date: 8th March 2012
Time:  12pm
Event Organisers:  Coillte in association with Aughrim Tidy Towns
Contact:  Aidan Walsh.  Tel.  086 2447624
Email:  aidan.walsh@coillte.ie
Event Details:  A tree planting ceromony to mark the re-launch of the Sean Lenihan Wal

 

Event:  Follow the Tree Trail
Venue: Knockree International Hostel, Outside Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow
Date: Saturday 10th March
Time: 2.00 pm
Organising Body: An Oige (Irish Youth Hostel Association)

Contact: Philip Hayden  Tel: 087- 9702483
Other Details:  Tree Identification Walk in the woodlands at Knockree International Hostel in the Glencree Valley, outside Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow.  Wear hiking boots or willies.  Families welcome. 

 

Event: Exploring Wicklow's Woodland Heritage
Venue: Meet in Enniskerry village at 10.15am for a 10.30am departure visiting numerous sites en route through Laragh, Glendalough, Rathdrum and finishing in Avondale. Further details to be added shortly.
Date: 14th March
Time: 10.15 for 10.30 sharp departure
Organising Body: Institute of Horticulture
Other Details: A guided tour of some interesting sites in Wicklow with forestry expert and author, Dr. Michael Carey, who will deliver a facinating insight into the woodland hertiage of the county and of these sites in particular. He has a unique understanding of estate and woodland management practices over the centuries based on his meticulous research into this subject for Co Wicklow. Participants at this event will be treated to both a social history as well as an insight into the progression of woodland development in Wicklow from the seventeenth century through to the present time. All welcome.
Contact: Dorothy Hayden.  Tel: 086-3820669
Email: dorothy.hayden@teagasc.ie

 

 

 

 

 

 

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