Forestry Promotion Project 2024
Agroforestry in action
Our farm walks provide access to farms and farmers who have a lived experience of agroforestry in action. See some of our previous walks below and find out how to join us on upcoming walks.
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Ballardbeg, Co. Wicklow
This farm walk was supported by the Forestry Promotion Fund provided by the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine.
Hazel and Davi have been experimenting with Syntropic (or Successional) Agroforestry Systems at their Wicklow farm since 2020 mimicking the natural succession that would naturally occur over time.
They have been trialling methods and species for the Irish climate, learning how to implement and manage the systems efficiently.
Their main objective is food production for their own use. They have planted species like Alder, Apple, Currants, Poplar, Willow, Cobnuts and Plum.
Liscullaun, Tulla, Co.Clare
This farm walk was supported by the Forestry Promotion Fund provided by the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine.
“To see the mature trees push back the rushes impressed me to the core. It is one thing to hear it or read about it, another to witness it firsthand”
Pat and Maria McInerney's 70 hectare farm is located just outside Tulla In Co.Clare. They moved onto the farm in 1995 and soon started planting a mixture of forestry, woodland and shelterbelts. The first plantation of 10 hectares in 2002 and a further 10 hectares in 2009. The shelterbelts are now established and are used by their cattle and sheep as a “living barn”.
They are now re-designing some areas affected by Ash dieback to convert into agroforestry. Their layout of well-established wooded areas intertwined with grassland is a great example of what newly planted systems might look like in years to come.