Muintir na Tire School Garden Competition

Cork County Federation of Muintir na Tire is sad to announce that due to current government guidelines the Cork School Garden Competition is cancelled for 2020. We will be back bigger and better next year

Holy Family NS Shanagarry

What's your school going to do for National |Tree week.  Here is a few ideas?  Have a big discussion about why trees are important? do they create oxygen, food for wildlife  Homes for wildlife and insect Protection from wind Protection from soil erosion   Any idea how many trees are cut down daily to make toilet rolls in the world.  Plant trees in the school or community 2. Create a nature table . This will be mainly bare branches or seed pots at this time of the year, We would recommend this to evolve over the season , as tree at this time of the year look very different in autumn.   Choose a tree a day and write up five important points.  Does it fruit, Does it looses it leaves in winter?  Is it Native to Ireland what is its Latin name and Irish name.   Is this tree mentioned in Irish folklore? How does this tree help our local environment and  Feed or house our native wildlife Have you tees in y

After all the wet and windy weather we had in February, memories of Storms Ciara, Jorge and Denis were forgotten and there was an air of spring in Griffins Garden Centre in Dripsey      The team at Griffins had pulled out all the stops to get everything ready for the official Launch of the Muintir na Tire Cork School garden Competition.    Muintir na Tire, Cork County Council Environment and Heritage Sections. Cork City Council and Griffins Garden Centre have all come together to organise this exciting competition and the eight annual competition is now officially open and many primary schools across the City and County of Cork have already entered. Speaking at the Launch County Mayor Michael Looney praised this great initiative that helps children to learn the importance of nature while staying active. He said he had been an active gardener since he was at school in Coachford. The Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr John Sheehan said that Cork City Council was delighted to be on board wi