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Growing Woodlands - Enhancing our Lives

Roscommon, 3 - 16 October 2010

 

Growing Woodlands - Enhancing Our Lives is a series of events celebrating the multi-functional benefits that trees and woodlands can bring to our lives.

A range of organisations in the forestry and farming, non-government and state sectors have come together to highlight these benefits to the people of Roscommon from October 3 to October 16.

It is very appropriate that Growing Woodlands - Enhancing Our Lives is taking place during the International Year of Biodiversity and that some of the planned events will celebrate National Trails Day on October 3 and Tree Day on October 7. The line-up of events is designed to attract and inform a wide spectrum of the public from farmers and other landowners to schoolchildren to homeowners/businesses interested in trees as a sustainable and renewable resource. Whether you have ten trees or ten thousand trees or indeed no trees, there should be an event which will suit you.

Growing Woodlands - Enhancing Our Lives will be officially opened on Sunday October 3 in Lough Key Forest Park, Boyle by Sean Connick TD, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food with responsibility for forestry. The Lough Key Centre will host Coillte’s "Healthy Forests - Healthy People" Exhibition and to mark National Trails Day the public will be invited to take a healthy walk, jog or bike ride along the wooded and lakeside walks of Lough Key and enjoy their rich woodland flora and fauna in tranquil surroundings.

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Programme of Events:

Date Topic Venue Time Description
Mon 27 September - Fri 1 October Crann Trees & Woodlands Local schools   Dale Treadwell will visit local schools to explain the wonders of trees and woodlands
Sun 3 October Official opening of Growing Woodlands - Enhancing Our Lives Lough Key Forest Park, Boyle 3 pm Opening by Sean Connick TD, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 
Sun 3 October National Trails Day Lough Key Forest Park, Boyle All day Walking, running or biking along forest trails in Lough Key Forest Park
Sun 3 October Woodland Trail Rides* Bunnageddy Equestrian Centre, Strokestown Booking essential Pony trek along quiet trails through the beautiful woodlands of Sliabh Bán
Sun 3 October -
Fri 8 October		 Coillte Healthy Trees - Healthy Forests Exhibition Lough Key Forest Park, Boyle 3 pm Showcases the environmental and recreational amenity provided by Coillte forests
Mon 4 October Tree Council and NPWS launch of Tree Day St. John’s Wood, Lecarrow   Schoolchildren learning about and planting trees
Tues 5 October Teagasc/Forest Service Conifer Thinning Event Kilmurray Hall, Castleplunkett Arrive anytime between 11.30am and 1pm Planning for and demonstration of First Thinning of Conifers
Thurs 7 October NPWS Tree Day walks for schools Local schools   Biodiversity walks for schools highlighting the importance of trees
Thurs 7 October Agri-Aware Primary Schools Tree Day challenge All Roscommon primary schools   Class activities and competition for Tree Day
Sat 9 October Family woodland walk, Mote Park Conservation Group and Coillte Mote Park, Roscommon 3 pm Guided woodland walk and games for the kids. Visit community tree nursery
Sun 10 October Woodland Crafts Event Strokestown Park 12.30pm Demonstration of traditional woodland crafts
Sun 10 October Woodland Trail Rides* Bunnageddy Equestrian Centre, Strokestown Booking essential Pony trek along quiet trails through the beautiful woodlands of Sliabh Bán
Tues 12 October Teagasc/Forest Service Forest Establishment Event Bunnageddy Equestrian Centre, Strokestown Arrive anytime between 11.30am and 1pm Establishment of farm forestry and REPS tree planting measures
Tues 12 October –
Sat 16 October		 Coillte Healthy Trees - Healthy Forests Exhibition Roscommon County Library   Showcases the environmental and recreational amenity provided by Coillte forests
Wed 13 October IFA / Macra Forestry Information Meeting Abbey Hotel, Roscommon 8.30pm Why forestry - issues and opportunities
Thurs 14 October Teagasc/Forest Service Timber Measurement Course Into the West, Frenchpark 9.30 am

Booking essential

 Introduction to conifer timber measurement

* A charge applies to this event. All other events are free

Participating organisations include:

 

 
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For further details, contact Noel Kennedy, Forestry Development Officer, Teagasc.

Page last revised: 02 Sep 2011

Email: forestry@teagasc.ie