Nestled in the foothills of the Slieve Bloom Mountains, Ballyfin has been settled from ancient times and has seen its terrain evolve over the millennia from dense native broadleaf woodland, when Fionn Mac Cumhaill was but a young warrior, to the ancestral home of the Ó Mordha clan, the Crosbys, the Poles, Wellesley-Poles and later … Read more
In support of National Tree Week 2023, Rathwood Furniture and Garden Experience Centre in Co. Carlow has become a Veon Climate Leadership Partner and has planted over 1,000 trees in their Fox’s Park woods over the last year. Transforming their woodland from a dense forest, with no ground growth, to a multi-layered ecosystem is the … Read more
22 March 2023: Collen is pleased to share that it will be expanding an area of woodland which is in Collen ownership in Sligo. As part of an environmental and sustainability initiative to diversify the forest and increase the biodiversity of the area, 2,000 native oak, cherry, birch, alder, whitethorn, and blackthorn trees have been … Read more
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions (WMFTS) has announced that it will be supporting the planting of native forests in Southwest Ireland. As trees native to Ireland (such as oak, birch, rowan and alder) tend to grow for hundreds of years, this project will create a long-term biodiverse habitat. The first 15,000 trees are being planted in … Read more
On an idyllic June morning, The Irish Tree Society met at the Coollattin Estate for the first time since the Society’s successful battle to save Tommnafinnogue Wood for the Nation. That battle lasted over twenty years and won a reprieve for the last stand of native Irish oak in an ancient woodland setting, thus preserving … Read more
Little Buds Forest, Co. Roscommon Sustainability initiative is being carried out in conjunction with Veon Baby Elegance is planting one tree for every cot or bed sold this year. With a target of planting 25,000 native trees over the next 12 months, the sustainability initiative is being carried out in conjunction with Veon, Ireland’s leading … Read more
Broadband, cable and television group Virgin Media has started the planting of over 50,000 trees, which it said will be completed early next year. It has partnered with forest management experts VEON to help boost national tree-planting and support the fight against climate change. Over 50,000 native broadleaf trees will be planted, creating new native woodlands in … Read more
