Natural Wild Gardens

30/09/2026

🌿 This Weekend at Tralee Bay Wetlands Ecology Park!

Our Guardians of the Wetlands - Willow Workshops begin this Saturday & Sunday, and you’re invited to get hands on with traditional willow weaving inspired by the wildlife of the Wetlands.

Join artist Phil McSweeney of River Dog Studios and our Wetlands team for a creative community art project where you’ll help craft beautiful willow sculptures for a brand‑new outdoor sculpture trail connecting art, nature, folklore and local community.

This Weekend’s Workshops:

📅 Sat 3 Oct - Willow Dragonfly Workshop at 10am - 12pm & 12:30pm - 2:30pm
📅 Sun 4 Oct - Willow Fish Workshop at 10am - 12pm
📅 Sun 4 Oct - Willow Lantern Workshop at 12:30pm - 2:30pm

✨ Free community workshops
✨ Ages 12+ • No experience needed
✨ All materials provided

📞 066 7126700
📧 [email protected]
🌐 Book now: www.traleebaywetlands.org/book-now

Funded through the Placemaking & Community Activation Grant Scheme.

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12/09/2026

Wendell Berry, 1934–2026.
Some people write about the natural world. Some people spend their lives trying to belong to it. Wendell Berry did both.

He understood something that seems increasingly easy to forget, that the land is not simply scenery around our lives. It is where we live, where we work, where we remember, where we bury our dead, and where we learn what it means to stay.

He wrote about soil, fields, woods, animals, neighbours and the quiet responsibilities of being rooted somewhere. Perhaps that is why his words have meant so much to so many people who find themselves drawn back to the old paths, the fields and the trees.

He reminded us that a good life does not necessarily mean going further. Sometimes it means paying closer attention to the place beneath your feet.

Rest well, Wendell.

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02/09/2026

Today is the day. Today the Irish Government will submit its Nature Restoration Plan to the European Commission. This plan is part of the EU’s Nature Restoration Regulation, which aims to restore at least 20% of EU land and sea habitats by 2030, and all ecosystems by 2050.

Earlier this year, we launched a detailed report which identified a plan to restore habitats for threatened bird species in Ireland. Over the weekend, we highlighted four different habitats that our plan covers: moorlands, lake and turloughs, estuaries and tidal areas, and wet grassland and fens. In addition to these habitats, our analysis includes and restoration recommendations for seabirds, farmlands and urban areas.

We have done the research. Now, we’ll see if our scientific findings are included for Ireland’s future.