I was glad to recently join the students of the highly active Botany Society of the University of Galway who, under the chairpersonship of the dynamic Katie Hennessy, undertook in association with the University Buildings and Grounds section a large scale planting of trees in woods along the banks of the Corrib River.
Sadly, as was the case nationwide, many large mature trees on the campus were victims of Storm Éowyn and the tree planting was to replace some of those that had fallen.
But sometimes, from something bad comes something good.
The Buildings and Ground staff kindly donated to the Tuatha two large cross sections of tree trunks, one of which will be put on permanent display on the exterior of An Nead HQ to be used as a learning aid for school children and others visiting the park. The accompanying plaque will tell the story of Storm Éowyn and the Climate Crisis but also the counting of rings will reveal the age of the tree when it was alive. So the fallen tree will have a new lease of life as part of our Outdoor Classroom.
Photo shows Seanín and Katie from the University of Galway's Botany Society holding one of the donated tree cross sections.
Finally a reminder to join us next Saturday's (March 29th) for a Community Tree Plantathon to celebrate 25 years since the first planting took place in Terryland Forest Park.
Register at https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/1284820375329?aff=oddtdtcreator
