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Tree species should be dictated by quality rather than origin - 05 June 2024

Celebrate your Irish roots by starting your own Irish history with the Irish Heritage Tree program. From the "Hungry tree" that is eating a bench to the oldest sycamore in Ireland, a look at Ireland's ancient trees, by the Tree Council of Ireland. 

Contributions of Thomas Pakenham, Seamus O’Brien and Paddy Mackie recognised

SHARING OPTIONS: Gavin Lynch with some of his Shorthorn herd, combines dairy and sheep farming with hazel growing in this agroforestry section of Hells Kettle Organic Farm, Donard, Co Wicklow. Forestry is identified as one of the land uses that has “high-level targets for 2030” in the recently launched draft agri-food strategy 2030. The strategy contains a number of positive objectives for forestry to “increase afforestation and double the sustainable production of biomass from forests by 2035”. Other goals emphasise the role of forestry in enha...

TsukuBlog A Local Perspective on Life in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. See the “Handkerchief Tree” (Davidia involucrata) Flutter Like White Doves in the Breeze – at the Tsukuba Botanical Garden 18 April, 2021   Davidia involucrata is named after the man who “discovered” it, and introduced it to the west – the great naturalist (and Catholic missionary in China) Armand David (1826-1900) – who also gave Europe knowledge of the giant panda and Pere David`s deer – along with 63 previously unknown species of animal, 65 previously undescribed species of bird and numerous plants that hav...