Laragh Reserve Walk - The Native Woodland Trust is kicking off its 2012 Walks and Talks Series on Saturday 28th January with a group walk from Laragh Village to our new Laragh reserve. We shall be meeting at the carpark outside St Kevin's National School at 11 o'clock. From here we will make our way up to the reserve along the beautiful Wicklow Way. The route will pass through native forest and across open hillside to our reserve where we will stop for some refreshments and to take in the beautiful views. We'll then explore our reserve, checking out our new deer proof tree planting enclosure and discussing our plans for the future development of the reserve.

The walking time there and back will be less than 2 hours and we will take planty of breaks.

Put on your walking boots and join us for some fresh air exercise and to learn about our native woodlands and the Native Woodland Trust!

28th January - Meet at The Brockagh Centre car park, Laragh, Co. Wicklow at 11:00. Event duration 11:00  - 14:00.

For more information about this event or to book a place contact Kieran on 087 195 3629 or on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

For further details on our Laragh reserves click on the link  Laragh 

New Events for the New Year - With three fantastic reserves now in our possession we are going to have a very busy year ahead. We will be running events on our Laragh, Blessington and Farnaght reserves throughout 2012. Events will vary from guided walks to tree planting and family fun days. We also plan to get out and about as much as possible this year with a series of walks in Ireland's many native woodlands and places of natural beauty.

Details of all of the 2012 events will be posted here as well as on our Facebook page.

Watch This Space!

For further details on our new reserves click on these links;   Farnagh   -   Blessington   -   Laragh 

Blessington Information Evening - an Open Evening Event to meet and greet the people of Blessington, Co. Wicklow and the wider Wicklow, Dublin and Kildare areas. With our recent purchase of 16 acres of a proposed Natural Heritage Area (pNHA), we are seeking views on the creation of a new native woodland in the area. There is also ample potential for linking various walking routes through this strategically placed site which is already host to a wide variety of insects and plants.

Date and time to be confirmed.

For further details on our new reserve near Blessington, Co. Wicklow, please click here.

Farnaght Tree Planting and maintenance - a day of tree planting and maintainng the existing trees. Many of our trees are now too large for their original tree guards. Having outgrown the risk from Hares and Rabbits, we can now safely remove these and let the trees continue to grow into a new native woodland.

There is also some considerable open space left. We now need to mark our footpaths and fill in the remaining unplanted areas. At least another 1,000 trees need to be planted. Please check back for a confirmed date & time which will probably be a weekend in early June.

Date and time to be confirmed.

For further details on our first reserve near Drumlish, Co. Longford - Faranght Wood, Co. Leitrim,  please click here.

Seed Collection for Elm seed - Our native Wych Elm sets seed in early Summer - many trees already have produced millions of seeds. This seed needs to be collected as soon as it falls from the tree - so we will be organising a seed hunt for Elm, local to each of our woodland reserves in Blessington, Laragh and Farnaght.

Date and time to be confirmed - during May 2011.

Further details to follow . . . .

Tree Nursery -  we have already collected thousands of seeds which have been sown but which now need potting on. We have capacity for nearly 30,000 trees at the moment and are also hoping to expand.

Watch here for details of our tree nursery events coming up this Summer and throughout the year.

Dates and times to be confirmed.