During these unsettling times, we’d like to invite you to escape reality for a while and let your mind refocus on nature by sharing your tales from the woods and help us celebrate our woodlands across Northern Ireland. The Woodland Trust in Northern Ireland is...
This May we will be attending/hosting two events that we would love your help with. Balmoral Show Once again we will be pitching up our marquee at the Balmoral Show as the event now runs across 4 days it would be great if some of our event...
Woodland Working Group at Canal Wood, Newry were able to dodge the bad weather at the weekend to make it out on site for a task day. Joining the group for the first time yesterday was new volunteer Katherine. Long standing group member Bruce helped Katherine...
A £1 million push for the Faughan Valley landscape gets underway The National Lottery Heritage Fund (HF) has announced funding of over £484,400 for a Woodland Trust project set to revitalise the Faughan Valley landscape, on the outskirts of Derry/Londonderry. The funding boost will enable the...
Volunteers came together last week for our last volunteer task day of 2019. We visited Drumnaph Woodland in Maghera and worked within the wetland area to cut and remove willow that was starting to dry up the ground. The wetland provides such a range of...
Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award participant Patrick and his dad got to work with routine thinning in Canal Wood using a Canadian cross cut saw. Apart from being a very efficient piece of kit (no fuel required, other than tea and wheaten bread!) the soothing zing...
On 28th August, 15 volunteers from across Northern Ireland came together for a special visit to Mount Stewart a National Trust owned estate. Set alongside Strangford lough on the Ards Peninsula the estate spans across 1000 acres. Woodland Trust volunteers were met by National Trust Area Ranger...
This August (16-17th) the Woodland Trust will be attending the Stendhal festival in Limavady for the first time and we really need your help! Stendhal Festival is a multi-award winning music and Arts Festival which takes place each year in the stunning, scenic surroundings of Ballymully...
Join us this June for our regular task day in the Faughan Valley. Task: Butterfly survey and visitor survey at Brackfield Wood Date: Wednesday 26 June Time: 10.30am -1.30pm Location: Please park at Brackfield Layby, 268 Glenshane Rd, Londonderry BT47 3SN As always please dress for the outdoors with sturdy...
This July the Woodland Trust will be taking part in a fantastic event at Creggan Country Park – Wild Day Out 2019. More details about the event can be found here: https://www.bats-ni.org.uk/events/a-wild-day-out/. Date: Friday 12th July Location: Creggan Country Park, Derry/Londonderry Time: 1pm - 4pm It promises to...