Pocket Forests reconnects people in urban areas with nature by planting small, urban forests.
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So happy to have joined Pocket Forests CLG as Project Coordinator to help out with the upcoming soil preparation and planting season. This social enterprise helps communities to come together while creating spaces for nature in their neighbourhoods, and I'm thrilled to be part of the team.
So grateful to indiepics for featuring Pocket Forests and the Kinvara Tree Gang in the first episode of Season 2 of Heated RTE’s climate and biodiversity show. This show has prompted so many people to get in touch with us. Thanks RTE for spreading the word about the hope that nature-based solutions can bring to our lives
Loads of emails today asking how people can create a Pocket Forest in their garden. The Pocket Forest tree pack can help people do just that. It was created from our base in Dublin 8 and like a Pocket Forest it will continue to grow in resources.
Pocket Forests CLG, The Digital Hub based social enterprise restoring nature in urban areas has launched a new Tree Pack. The multi-stage pack comes with exclusive access to a member's page where there's a full guide to choosing the area, preparing the ground and planting the native Irish trees and shrubs. Pocket Forests CLG collaborated with fellow Digital Hub company Juvo Digital to create how-to videos to guide you every step of the way. The native trees will arrive by post in winter and the newly-fledged pocket forester will have ongoing support from Pocket Forests to manage and enjoy their pocket-sized native Irish forest. The packs costs €275 and are available on their website https://lnkd.in/e8MrgVam #Art #Nature #digitaldetox #Creativity #Health #Wellbeing #pocketforests #dublin
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Hanging up my Game Changer boots with a last column in The Irish Times online today. There will be more articles hopefully, just not every week 🐝🌳❤️🤞🌳
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In one of my last Game Changers columns im a The Irish Times I’m writing about Biodiversity Net Gain, a new UK law that puts the onus on developers to measure and replace the biodiversity they destroy. The piece is online today The nature restoration law that will throw up some interesting design challenges https://lnkd.in/gUy3pAfP
We are delighted that this much needed law has now passed. It is vital to recreate space for nature for the benefit of future generations. https://lnkd.in/eqraufG6
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Think cities can't breathe? Urban forestry is our unsung hero, turning grey to green, slashing stress, cleaning air and water, AND fighting off urban heat like an eco-shield. 🌳 Let's champion our leafy warriors and transform our concrete jungles. 🏙 via UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme)
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Our tree nursery was officially opened by Pippa Hackett this week. Please read Catherine's piece below.
We were delighted to welcome Senator Pippa Hackett, Minister of State for Land Use and Biodiversity to open our Shelton Abbey Pocket Forests Native Tree Nursery on Tuesday June 11th. The nursery is home to more than 2,000 native trees, which will be planted in urban greening projects by communities next winter. The trees are being cared for by prisoners, under the expert guidance of a senior prison officer Declan Jordan, at Shelton Abbey Open Prison outside Arklow, Co Wicklow. The project, a collaboration between Pocket Forests, The Irish Prisons Service and Coillte is helping to create a positive role for prisoners in climate and biodiversity action. The Shelton Abbey Pocket Forests Native Tree Nursery is growing nine different indigenous tree species, all originally grown from Irish seed by Coillte. Minister Hackett said: “It’s a real privilege to be opening the Pocket Forests native tree nursery in Shelton Abbey. The benefits of urban greening are multiple, be it better air quality, much needed shading and cooling on hot summer days, or improved flood resilience. Pocket Forests is doing fantastic work planting native trees in urban areas, and the nursery at Shelton Abbey will be a really valuable resource for them over the coming years - as well as being a great addition to the prison’s many rehabilitative activities. The care that the prisoners have put into establishing the nursery under the expert guidance of prison officer, Declan Jordan, is clear to see, and I want to congratulate Declan, the Shelton Abbey prisoners, the Pocket Forests team and Coillte on this wonderful initiative.” Governor of Shelton Abbey Open Centre, Joseph Donoghue said: “I am proud to see our collaboration with Pocket Forests and Coillte come to fruition with the opening of the Shelton Abbey Pocket Forests Native Tree Nursery. This initiative not only benefits our community by bringing nature to urban areas and combating biodiversity loss but also provides a positive role for our prisoners in climate and biodiversity action. This project exemplifies our commitment to rehabilitation, training, and cooperation with local businesses, and I am excited to see the positive impact it will have on both our environment and our community." Ciaran Fallon, Director Coillte Nature said: “We are delighted to support this Pocket Forest initiative by providing the native Irish tree saplings. These saplings were raised from seed saved from local native woodlands and grown in the Coillte nursery in County Carlow. It’s great to be able to play a small role in this inspirational project. Well done Pocket Forests.” Thanks to Governor Donoghue, chief prison officer Angelina Murphy, Declan Jordan and Ai Koketsu. Picture by Conor from Maxwell Photography l-r Maria Couchman, Coillte Nature, Catherine Cleary, Ciaron McCauley Irish Prisons Service, Minister Pippa Hackett, Prison Governor Joseph Donoghue, Ashe Conrad-Jones, Amy van den Broek and Ciaran Fallon director of Coillte Nature
We were delighted to welcome Senator Pippa Hackett, Minister of State for Land Use and Biodiversity to open our Shelton Abbey Pocket Forests Native Tree Nursery on Tuesday June 11th. The nursery is home to more than 2,000 native trees, which will be planted in urban greening projects by communities next winter. The trees are being cared for by prisoners, under the expert guidance of a senior prison officer Declan Jordan, at Shelton Abbey Open Prison outside Arklow, Co Wicklow. The project, a collaboration between Pocket Forests, The Irish Prisons Service and Coillte is helping to create a positive role for prisoners in climate and biodiversity action. The Shelton Abbey Pocket Forests Native Tree Nursery is growing nine different indigenous tree species, all originally grown from Irish seed by Coillte. Minister Hackett said: “It’s a real privilege to be opening the Pocket Forests native tree nursery in Shelton Abbey. The benefits of urban greening are multiple, be it better air quality, much needed shading and cooling on hot summer days, or improved flood resilience. Pocket Forests is doing fantastic work planting native trees in urban areas, and the nursery at Shelton Abbey will be a really valuable resource for them over the coming years - as well as being a great addition to the prison’s many rehabilitative activities. The care that the prisoners have put into establishing the nursery under the expert guidance of prison officer, Declan Jordan, is clear to see, and I want to congratulate Declan, the Shelton Abbey prisoners, the Pocket Forests team and Coillte on this wonderful initiative.” Governor of Shelton Abbey Open Centre, Joseph Donoghue said: “I am proud to see our collaboration with Pocket Forests and Coillte come to fruition with the opening of the Shelton Abbey Pocket Forests Native Tree Nursery. This initiative not only benefits our community by bringing nature to urban areas and combating biodiversity loss but also provides a positive role for our prisoners in climate and biodiversity action. This project exemplifies our commitment to rehabilitation, training, and cooperation with local businesses, and I am excited to see the positive impact it will have on both our environment and our community." Ciaran Fallon, Director Coillte Nature said: “We are delighted to support this Pocket Forest initiative by providing the native Irish tree saplings. These saplings were raised from seed saved from local native woodlands and grown in the Coillte nursery in County Carlow. It’s great to be able to play a small role in this inspirational project. Well done Pocket Forests.” Thanks to Governor Donoghue, chief prison officer Angelina Murphy, Declan Jordan and Ai Koketsu. Picture by Conor from Maxwell Photography l-r Maria Couchman, Coillte Nature, Catherine Cleary, Ciaron McCauley Irish Prisons Service, Minister Pippa Hackett, Prison Governor Joseph Donoghue, Ashe Conrad-Jones, Amy van den Broek and Ciaran Fallon director of Coillte Nature