2023

Stories for a Wiser Forestry – arguing for the “right forestry practice in the right place”: Edinburgh Botanic Gardens with Creative Carbon Scotland

See my follow-up post here I was delighted to have been asked to contribute from Ireland to a Creative Carbon Scotland 'Green Tease', event in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, on 26 March 2023. I was asked to respond to the phrase -"The Right Tree in the Right Place" but found myself arguing instead for…Read more Stories for a Wiser Forestry – arguing for the “right forestry practice in the right place”: Edinburgh Botanic Gardens with Creative Carbon Scotland

Creatively Caring for Returning Species at Hollywood Forest: Great Spotted Woodpecker

This is a treasured original painting of Woodie 'Guthrie', our first Hollywood Forest resident Great Spotted Woodpecker, by acclaimed children’s book 📕 illustrator @alanorourke One of the most thrilling things about being involved in an ongoing ecological art practice at our home, like my Hollywood Forest Story is welcoming birds. Our Close-to-Nature continuous cover forestry approach,…Read more Creatively Caring for Returning Species at Hollywood Forest: Great Spotted Woodpecker

A testimonial for wee Hollywood Forest and the slow art of CCF – continuous cover forestry

A testimonial for wee Hollywood Forest and the slow art of CCF - continuous cover forestry in Carlow, Ireland. From CCF forester and filmmaker Chris Hayes