Start a Tree Nursery, Learn to Save and Collect Seeds.

Join us for a fun, one-day outdoor workshop with Saul Mosbacher, former CELT Tree Nursery Manager, renowned for his wealth of knowledge about native trees and the wide variety of local seeds available for collecting at this time of year. 

For more information on Saul’s work and his nursery, Wildoaks Nursery, please visit his website: https://wildoaks.ie/about-us/

We all know Trees are essential to life and with increasing awareness of their vital role in tackling the crisis of global warming and biodiversity loss, we wish to support and empower people and communities to take action, engaging in NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS and playing a part in restoring trees to our Irish landscape.

Sourcing local and native seed and growing a tree from a seed is an easy, simple act and can help us all play a vital role in addressing current challenges of climate adaptation and mitiagtion, while reconnecting us to our nature and to our shared destiny with the natural world.

Trees play an intrinsic role in our everyday lives, producing the oxygen we breath, providing a vital habitat for our wildlife, storing carbon in their trunks and roots, reducing flooding and air pollution, protecting soils from erosion, and providing food, medicine, shelter, and natural materials, not just for ourselves but for millions of species on Earth. Trees play a vital role in supporting the Web of Life.

CELT wish to support local and national efforts in climate adaptation and mitigation and to ensure the future of Ireland's woodlands having a diverse genetic pool, for old native tree genetics to be promoted through sourcing of seeds and saplings of native provenance and aim to collect our own seeds from old native woodlands across Ireland. 

There are a multitude of benefits to sourcing trees grown from provenience seeds, including; 

The Trees are more acclimated to Irish weather conditions and Irish soil, conservation and promotion of old native genetics and reduced risk of introducing an alien disease into the tree population.

Important

You will be given a handout to take away with you, covering all the information shared from the day.

Dress warm and comfortable for outdoor activities and wear suitable footwear.

Organic lunch included.

For more information on Identifying, Saving and Growing Trees from Seed visit The Tree Growers Guides at www.treegrowersguide.org.uk

This event is made possible with the support of the Forestry Promotion programme of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Marine.