2020
Teagasc photo competition: “Celebrating Our Forests”
0 Teagasc photo competition: “Celebrating Our Forests” Introduction Our forest photo competition, “Celebrating Our Forests”, ran over the months of October and November 2020. “Celebrating Our Forests” was an ideal opportunity to capture and record some of the many benefits provided by well-planned forests. Competition format Forests can provide us with wonderful settings […]
8 December 2020
Teagasc Forest Photo Competition – Enjoying our Forests
Teagasc Forest Photo Competition – Enjoying our Forests Winner announced in the category ‘Enjoying our Forests’ Winning image Ms Deirdre Casolani has won the fourth category ‘Enjoying our Forests’ in the Teagasc Forest Photo Competition. ‘Love is… sharing a bluebell’ – Ms Deirdre Casolani Highly commended images
30 November 2020
Teagasc Forest Photo Competition – Forest Wildlife and Plants
Teagasc Forest Photo Competition – Forest Wildlife and Plants Winner announced in the category ‘Forest Wildlife and Plants’ Winning image Mr Chris Martin has won the third category ‘Forest Wildlife and Plants’ in the Teagasc Forest Photo Competition. ‘Bright Future for the Red Squirrel’ – Chris Martin Highly commended images
20 November 2020
Teagasc Forest Photo Competition – Trees on the Farm
0 Teagasc Forest Photo Competition – Trees on the Farm Winner announced in the category ‘Trees on the Farm’ Winning image Ms Zita Power has won the second category ‘Trees on the Farm’ in the Teagasc Forest Photo Competition. ‘Feeding Time under the Oak Tree’ – Zita Power Highly commended images
6 November 2020
Forestry Phone-In Clinics
0 Forestry Phone-In Clinics 23 November – 4 December 2020 Teagasc is holding a nationwide series of phone-in advisory clinics to help landowners who are thinking about forestry to get their questions answered. Running between 23 November and 4 December, landowners can avail of a private one-to-one consultation with an experienced forestry […]
4 November 2020
Teagasc Forest Photo Competition – Forest Landscapes
Teagasc Forest Photo Competition – Forest Landscapes Winner announced in the category ‘Forest Landscapes’ Winning image Ms Jane Walsh from Rosses Point in County Sligo has won the first category ‘Forest Landscapes’ in the Teagasc Forest Photo Competition. ‘The Beauty Around Us’ – Jane Walsh, Co Sligo Highly commended images
20 October 2020
Hardwood Focus 2020
Hardwood Focus 2020 Webinar: Exploring markets for small-diameter broadleaves Thursday 15 October, from 11.30 am to 12.30 pm Introduction Broadleaf species make up almost 29% of our forest area with most of our broadleaf farm forests planted in the last twenty years. As our young broadleaf resource develops further, there is now a […]
15 October 2020
Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020
0 Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 The Minister of State for Land Use and Biodiversity at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett has announced that the Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 commenced on enactment yesterday. The Minister also confirmed that the secondary legislation required to give effect to […]
7 October 2020
The beauty of autumn leaves
0 The beauty of autumn leaves Isn’t this beautiful? This is a fun idea to do at this time of year – adults are optional!
5 October 2020
Making Sense of Senescence
0 Making Sense of Senescence Why do leaves change colour in autumn? John Casey, Teagasc forester, explains what ‘senescence’ means and how leaf and fruit fall in autumn is important to all, whether in the garden or in the wild. Leaf senescence refers to when the normal green leaves of many deciduous trees […]
5 October 2020