A forest's-worth of trees to be planted in one day this month in this Tipperary town

The 100 Million Tree’s Initiative to plant a Tiny Urban Forest in Thurles town is set to take place on the 21 March at 10.30am.

The planting of 2,500 trees will be carried out on a piece of Tipperary County Council owned land on the Mill Road, Thurles, E41NP02

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Schools, the local residents association and the Tidy Towns will also be asked to volunteer on the day with the planting and AIB, the sponsor of the project, will also be in attendance.

The 100 Million Trees Project team will be recording the event for their website and will be speaking to some of those present to get their views on the initiative.

The 100 Million Trees Project is a national Not-for-Profit initiative being run by siblings, Richard, David and Tina Mulcahy.

The project aims to see the planting of 100 million native Irish trees across the island of Ireland over the next decade, as a community-driven initiative to reverse the immense environmental damage caused by the reduction of forests worldwide and the loss of huge areas of biodiversity.

The project’s ambitious aim will be achieved through densely planting between 500 and 2,500 native Irish trees at a time across small areas of land using ‘The Miyawaki method’.
Named after the Late Japanese Botanist, Professor Akira Miyawaki (1928-2021), who developed the technique in the 1970s as a means to restore degraded land, the Miyawaki Method of overplanting trees, has been successful in creating over 1,700 forests worldwide.