Tree Week in Carrickfergus

Trees Matter — Plant Them

National Tree Week (27 November - 5 December 2010) is an annual festival to mark the start of the tree planting season, and a nationwide celebration of trees and woods. National Tree Week is a great chance for communities to do something positive for their local treescape. Across the Borough there will be lots of opportunities to plant trees. To celebrate National Tree Week, Carrickfergus Borough Council is inviting everyone to help make trees matter by planting and celebrating trees in National Tree Week.

We would like to hear from any group or individual that would like to take part in National Tree Week. Residents and groups who cannot take part in National Tree Week but would like to plant a tree in their own property can download an application or contact Carrickfergus Museum & Civic Centre. To keep in touch with all Carrickfergus in Bloom activities, join our mailing list.

Help promote Tree Week in your community by downloading the Carrickfergus Tree Week poster.

FACT: In 2009/10 Carrickfergus Borough Council planted 8,000 trees in the Borough and a massive 96,000 since 2000.

To contact Carrickfergus in Bloom by e-mail: Click Here or telephone 028 9335 8000.

2010 Tree Week Events - Get involved

Tree Planting Events - coming soon.

Calling all Community Groups: We can organise an event in your location, please contact us.

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For more Carrickfergus in Bloom events go to our events page.

Celebrate trees this autumn and winter with the BBC Breathing Places Tree Website. The webpage has loads of ideas to get outside and plant trees for young and old.

Call For More Trees

With Tree Week approaching and Northern Ireland languishing at the bottom of the European tree league, the Woodland Trust is calling for more trees. The Woodland Trust has called upon the Northern Ireland Executive and its relevant Departments to take urgent action for the future of woodland with its manifesto ‘A vision for woodland in Northern Ireland’. The Trust wants the Executive to deliver on its commitment to double Northern Ireland’s woodland cover over the next 50 years. It also calls for protection for ancient woodland and cites the fact that many of the country’s oldest woods have been lost in recent years. In total, 273 ancient and long-established woods have been cleared since the 1960s. Chair of the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, William McCrea MP MLA, appeared at Stormont today to receive the Trust’s new document. Lee Bruce, government affairs officer with the Woodland Trust, said: “Woodland greatly contributes to our quality of life by offering recreation, health and wildlife benefits. Legislative change, in the form of the proposed Forestry Act, is needed to protect, restore and expand our fragile woodland resource.” “Delivery of the Executive’s commitment to double woodland cover over the next 50 years would require more than trebling the current rate of tree planting," he said. Receiving the document, Dr McCrea commented: “As chair of the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, I welcome the Woodland Trust’s publication. Woodland is important to so many aspects of our lives and is a vital contributor to the ecosystem upon which we are all dependent for our very survival. Crucially the forthcoming Forestry Act must guarantee that all ancient woodland is protected and where necessary restored, and that new woods are created where it benefits wildlife and people.” For further information download the document.

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Tree Week 2009 Launch in Model Primary School with pupils from Whitehead Primary.

To celebrate Tree Week 2008 in Whitehead members of Brighter Whitehead plant trees at the Recreational Grounds.

To celebrate Tree Week 2008 pupils from Eden Primary School and Allotment Holders plant trees at Eden Allotment Gardens.

To celebrate Tree Week 2008 in Carrickfergus pupils from Downshire School plant trees in their school grounds

Pupils from Woodlawn Primary School plant trees in their school grounds during 2007 Tree Week.

Lourdes Primary School tree planting in March 2007.

Tree Week 2006 Launch in Model Primary School

Pupils from Whitehead Primary School and Lourdes Primary School plant trees

Carrickfergus Borough Council staff and Councillors get ready to plant some trees for Tree Week 2005.

Native Irish Tree and Hedge Species

List of Native Irish Tree and Hedge Species to Plant for Tree Week

Native evergreen species include:

Holly (Ilex aquilfolium)
Yew (Taxus baccata)
Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo)
Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris)

Native deciduous species include:

Oak (Quercus robur and Quercus petraea)
Elm (Ulmus glabra)
Ash (Fraxinus excelsior)
Birch (Betula pubescens and Betula pendula)
Hazel (Corylus avellana)
Alder (Alnus glutinosa)
Willow (Salix pentandra, Salix alba, Salix caprea and Salix purpurea)
Elder (Sambucus nigra)
Whitethorn (Crataegus monogyna)
Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)
Irish Whitebeam (Sorbus hibernica)
Gorse (Ulex europeaus)
Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia)

Keep in Touch

To keep in touch with all Carrickfergus in Bloom activities, join our mailing list. To contact Carrickfergus in Bloom by e-mail click here or telephone 028 9335 8000.

The Carrickfergus in Bloom initiative is organised by Carrickfergus Borough Council.

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Carrickfergus Borough Council developed the Carrickfergus in Bloom initiative to brighten up the Borough,
to become a Borough of Flowers. Our objective is to make a Brighter Borough for the benefit of all citizens and visitors.
The Carrickfergus in Bloom initiative includes the Borough towns of Carrickfergus, Whitehead, Eden and Greenisland.
Carrickfergus Borough is located in County Antrim in Northern Ireland.