Close to Nature continuous cover forest management

Chair of Pro Silva Ireland, Jan Alexander, receives 2009 RDS Forestry Merit Award

I'm delighted to write that my friend Jan Alexander has just received the 2009 RDS Forestry Merit award for her 20+ year contribution to Irish Forestry. Here she is pictured with Minister of State for Forestry, Tom Killeen at the award ceremony at Kilkenny Castle last thursday. Hurrah!! (Photos taken with my phone, apologies for…Read more Chair of Pro Silva Ireland, Jan Alexander, receives 2009 RDS Forestry Merit Award

A good forest economy now needed in Ireland

The first 'forest to fuel' meeting organised by the Transition Town group FutureProof Kilkenny and Glas last week turned out to be a good event with much local interest. Contributions were made  from Glas on German woodburners and gasifiers. I made a short presentation about how my art project is documenting our transformation of our…Read more A good forest economy now needed in Ireland

Our baby Ash forest is coming up fast!

our new baby Ash forest is coming up!, originally uploaded by CathyArt. Our forest floor is now covered with tiny green seedlings, our free future forest. We are finding it hard to walk now and not squash any but they'll keep coming up next year too. From all the seedlings appearing, we know it's going…Read more Our baby Ash forest is coming up fast!