National Biodiversity Week
National Biodiversity Week is a nationwide celebration of Ireland’s natural heritage, held each May. It brings communities together to explore, learn about, and appreciate the wide variety of life around us, while encouraging action to protect it for future generations.
To mark the week, Easy Treesie organises a series of engaging biodiversity videos, helping to inspire and educate audiences of all ages. We are delighted to support this initiative and promote greater awareness of the importance of biodiversity across Ireland.
2025
No Weeds, More Trees: Natural Methods for Protecting Young Woodlands
Orla Farrell (Easy Treesie Project Founder) in conversation with Brendan Fitzsimons (CEO, Tree Council of Ireland).
As part of National Biodiversity Week 2025, join us for an inspiring discussion on sustainable, chemical-free approaches to woodland care. This session explores how a simple but powerful method - trampling weeds - can play a key role in protecting young trees and supporting long-term woodland health.
2025
To the Rescue; Tree Staking & Ensuring Healthy Growth
An insightful conversation with renowned landscape architect Aidan ffrench, who brings over 40 years of expertise in urban forestry, green infrastructure, and nature-based solutions. This interview with Orla Farrell, Easy Treesie Founder, created especially for National Biodiversity Week, is your go-to guide for understanding how to stake trees properly - and when not to.
Designed with amateur tree planters and community groups in mind.
2023
How to keep your Tree Alive
Easy Treesie founder Orla Farrell hears advice from newly elected Tree Council President and Fingal Tree Officer Cormac Downey on how to keep your trees alive.
As the Easy Treesie project approaches the 500k saplings-planted mark with charity Crann - Trees for Ireland with Ireland's school children and their communities we are focusing on the importance of keeping an eye on newly established woodlands, copses and hedgerows.
2025
Building a Movable Shield: How to Keep Trees Safe from Wildlife Damage
You’ve heard of a “Rabbit-Proof Fence”?
In this practical and encouraging session, we explore how one of our many participating GAA Green Clubs, Castleknock, partnered with the Easy Treesie – Crann project. Firstly, to plant and secondly, to protect their newly planted trees from night-time nibblers; local rabbits with a taste for tender saplings.
2023
How to Plant an Elder Tree
Do you know how to plant a native elder tree for free?
Learn the technique of harvesting an elder cutting - or magic wand - and watching it grow from Franke Van der Laan of the MeerGroen organisation in the Netherlands who paid a visit to Easy Treesie for National Tree Week 2023. Hear their inspiring story where "Nature is Our Nursery". Learn about how to identify an elder tree in your locality so that you can do some harvesting from it once its leaves fall.
2023
Coláiste Chiaráin, Croom, Co Limerick
This video tells the story of how Coláiste Chiaráin has created a Biodiversity haven on its span-new school campus. Hear how every member of the school community as well as many of its visiting teachers and exchange students have planted a tree to put down roots on their new greenfield site.