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Pro Silva Ireland Sat April 27, 2013 Open Forest Day: AFI site at a Coillte property in Rahin, Co. Kildare

prosilvaireland — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:24:30 +0000

ProSilva Ireland is excited to announce its April open forest day. It takes place on an AFI* site at a Coillte property in Rahin, Co. Kildare on Sat April 27 2013

Venue: Rahin Wood is located off the R401 between Edenderry & Kinnegad (@ 53.391416,-7.07262). Part of the wood backs onto the River Boyne which forms the border with Co. Meath and is also very close to Co. Offaly.

The site includes an Oak/Beech mixed woodland planted in 1935 and a Norway Spruce woodland planted in 1991 with some natural regeneration of Ash throughout.

Day begins: 11 am – 4.30 pm

Please bring your own packed lunch, wet weather clothing and boots.

A €20 donation is appreciated to cover the cost of the visiting Pro Silva Europe foresters.

* The AFI (Association Futaie Irrégulière) is an association registered by French law, setup in 1991 by a group of private forestry consultants in order to promote the management of irregular stands. It aims to share technical information and is founded on the principles advanced by ProSilva of Close-to-Nature – continuous cover forestry management. Although these two associations share many common objectives they both operate within their own separate spheres.
Our forest leaders for the day:

Dr Sophie Bertin, guest forest expert for ProSIlva Ireland April Open Forest Day, founder of ‘Ekolog’ in France

One of our foreign experts on the day will be Sophie Bertin from France, the founder and managing director of Ekolog, a company which provides consulting, research and training to corporations and organisations on how their business practices are impacting and are dependent upon ecosystems, and how they can incorporate these concerns into a responsible investment strategy and sustainable ecosystem management practices.
website www.ekolog.fr/english/

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Phil Morgan, President of ProSilva Europe and Great Britain

Phil Morgan, President of ProSilva Europe and past Chair of ProSilva Great Britain (www.ccfg.org), will be our other forest expert leading our Kildare Open forest day with Sophie Bertin. Phil is a regular visitor, consultant and advisor to the Irish forest sector and he translated the AFI recommended handbook below. He also wrote the 2006 ProSilva Ireland booklet What makes Close to Nature Forest Management an attractive choice for Irish farmers? which can be downloaded from this site

Phil Morgan has pursued a varied career in forestry that first took him to France where he worked in state and community woodlands before reading for a degree in forestry at Aberdeen University. He worked as a forest surveyor in the tropical rainforests of Brunei, then as a forest manager for Tilhill Forestry in the Scottish Borders that led him to become the Shotton Paper Company Area Forest Manager in Wales.
He now combines consultancy work and the management of woodlands in Wales through his own company Sustainable Forest Management and through a trading co-operative called SelectFor. He is a specialist in continuous cover forest management and close to nature forestry. He has a wide client base including the Forestry Commission in Wales, large plcs, estates, private forestry investors, farmers, community groups and individuals. He is based in Wales but his work has taken him to all parts of the UK, the Republic of Ireland, France and the USA. He is actively expanding the Association Futaie Irrégulière (AFI) network outside of France particularly in Ireland and in Britain.

As a founding member of the Continuous Cover Forestry Group he has represented the group and travelled to many countries across Europe. He attended the inauguration of ProSilva Ireland at Spanish Point in 2001 and has accompanied PSI on many occasions. He has also assisted in establishing ProSilva Norway in 2008.

He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF) and a member of the Association of Consulting Foresters (ACF) of America. He is a past chairman of the Continuous Cover Forestry Group (CCFG) 2007 – 2012 and international vice-chairman of the Association Futaie Irrégulière (AFI).

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Just a reminder: the AFI published a full-illustrated paperback hand-book packed with all aspects of irregular forest management last year, with information very applicable to Ireland. Highly recommended.

More info here

Updated details: ProSilva Ireland members forest study tour Czech Republic May 9-12, 2013

prosilvaireland — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:23:35 +0000

Learn about LOW IMPACT SILVICULTURE IN SOUTH MORAVIA REGION

Updated: Mon 25 March 2013 with itinerary and costs; itinerary can be downloaded

ProSilva Ireland is delighted to announce the programme of the 2013 ProSilva Ireland Members Study trip to Czech Republic.

The Czech Republic, located in the heart of Europe, has an area of 78,864 km2, distributed throughout the regions of Bohemia and Moravia. The landscape is dominated by densely forested hills, interspersed with mountain ranges.

The programme will be centered in the South Moravian region and we will stay in Brno.

The main highlights will include:

viewing the conversion of former conifer monocultures by selective harvesting , conversion of former conifer monocultures to the shelterwood system using spruce, silver-fir and beech.

we will also study Beech and Oak dominated forest management, un- managed natural forests and Close-to-Nature forest management that has higher conservation status.

Timetable and provisional costs: (the full itinerary can be downloaded here (Xcel document)

Aer Lingus flight Dublin – Vienna Thur May 9th depart 07.30am, arrive 11.15am
Members are to pay for their own flights, coach costs, accommodation and meals as listed below.
Aer Lingus flights appear to be in the region of €200. There are no Ryanair flights available.
Will be met at airport by mini coach in which we will travel for the few days, this will return us also to the airport on the Sunday morning (approx coach cost 50 EUR per person)
On Thursday, the day of our arrival, we travel to Brno in the Czech republic (approx 155 km) with a visit to a forest on the way
All day Friday and Saturday will be spent in the forests
On Sunday we will return to Vienna for flight departure at 11.55, arriving into Dublin at 13.45pm.
Breakfasts will be included in the accommodation price, more details to follow
Lunches will be organised as simple meals in the field approx 8 EUR per person
Dinners in the evenings will cost maybe 15 – 20 EUR per person.

Study tour details:

All members are welcome to attend.

ProSilva Ireland and ProSilva Czech Republic will be organising the bus transport and accommodation

Places are limited. To secure a place please send a €50 booking deposit to the membership secretary to 36 Fitzwilliam Square as soon as possible.

Wish to come but not a member yet? – Please see our ‘Join’ page for details here

ProSilva Ireland wishes to thank ProSilva Czech Republic and member Tomas Vskra for arranging and hosting this study tour. Also thanks to ProSilva Ireland committee member Donal O’Hare for liaising and co-ordinating this valuable international study trip for our members.

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There is growing interest in permanent forest management in Ireland so please feel welcome to forward this event to others

One Week Until Pro Silva Ireland’s Monuments and Forestry Open Forest Day

seanhoskins — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 14:59:27 +0000

Only one week until Pro Silva Ireland’s Monuments and Forestry Open Forest Day.

The open day takes place next Saturday October 6 at Coillte’s Burren forest property, Co. Cavan, part of the Marble Arch Global Geopark.

While this forest visit has the theme of Monuments and Forestry, the usual Pro Silva forest principles will also be discussed.

The day’s objective will be to look at alternative options to clear-fell and explore the forest’s potential for aiding the preservation of the Burren’s valuable ancient structures.

The open day will begin with a series of lectures at the Marble Arch Caves and Global Geo Park Centre followed by a visit to the Burren property which will provide an opportunity to see the potential for forest cover to protect cultural features at the site.

Pro Silva Ireland October 2012 Open Forest Day: Forestry and Monuments, Another Approach.

Date: Saturday October 6, 2012

Venue: Marble Arch Caves and Global Geo Park Centre and The Burren, Co. Cavan.

Directions: See below for a site location map. The Marble Arch Centre is marked A and the Burren Forest is located nearby to the west.

For better detail and to get directions from your departing location to the Marble Arch Centre click on the View Larger Map button below.

To zoom in or out on the larger map use the control at the left hand side of the map.

To find directions from your departing location to Marble Arches click on the Get Directions button at the top left of the screen then type your departing address into the From box and type Marble Arches Global Geopark into the To box and click on the blue Get Directions button.

View Larger Map

Meet: 10am for tea and coffee at Marble Arch Caves and Global Geopark Centre

Lectures: Begin 10.30am and include:
- Marble Arch Caves and Global Geopark Manager Richard Watson: “Forests Growing Tourism As Well As Trees”.
- Chief Forest Service Archaeologist Emmet Byrne: “Megalithic Features Of The Burren”.
- Pro Silva Netherlands Secretary Martijn Boosten (Co-author of Cultural Heritage In Sustainable Forest Management): “Forestry And National Monuments – The Dutch Approach”.

Walking Lecture Tour:

- Depart Marble Arch at 12 noon and drive to The Burren, approximately 30 minutes away.
- 12.30pm First stop and lunch
- 4.30pm Finish.

There will be also be an option of visiting a nearby stone enclosure with local guides.

A €20 donation is appreciated to cover the cost of the visiting Pro Silva Europe foresters. Please bring your own packed lunch, wet weather clothing and boots. Detailed directions to follow.

Pro Silva Ireland October 2012 Open Forest Day: Forestry and Monuments, Another Approach.

seanhoskins — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 09:38:34 +0000

This October sees Pro Silva Ireland host an exciting open forest day at Coillte’s Burren forest property in Co. Cavan, part of the Marble Arch Global Geopark.

The Geopark is an UNESCO-designated site famed for its high concentration of archaeological and geological features.

The Open Forest Day takes place on Saturday October 6 and the objective will be discuss alternative options to clear-fell and explore the forest’s potential for aiding the preservation of the Burren’s valuable ancient structures.

The clear-fell system with a no-thin regime was the primary silvicultural system adopted in the majority of the Burren property to date.

Archaeological and cultural features were protected by careful felling within and around the features with a large un-planted buffer zone being retained around the feature after a clear-fell.

The open day will consist with a series of lectures at Marble Arch followed by a visit to the Burren property that will provide an opportunity to see the potential for forest cover to protect cultural features at the site.

While this forest visit has the theme of Monuments and Forestry, the usual Pro Silva forest principles will be discussed.

It will be a great opportunity for anyone wanting to learn about sound silvicultural methods that do not involve clear-fell.

Pro Silva Ireland October 2012 Open Forest Day: Forestry and Monuments, Another Approach.

Date: Saturday October 6, 2012

Venue: Marble Arch Caves and Global Geo Park Centre and The Burren, Co. Cavan.

Meet: 10am for tea and coffee at Marble Arch Caves and Global Geopark Centre

Lectures: Begin 10.30am and include:

- Marble Arch Caves and Global Geopark Manager Richard Watson: “Forests Growing Tourism As Well As Trees”.

- Chief Forest Service Archaeologist Emmet Byrne: “Megalithic Features Of The Burren”.

- Pro Silva Netherlands Secretary Martijn Boosten (Co-author of Cultural Heritage In Sustainable Forest Management): “Forestry And National Monuments- The Dutch Approach”.

Walking Lecture Tour:

- Depart Marble Arch at 12 noon and drive to The Burren, approximately 30 minutes away.

- 12.30pm First stop and lunch

- 4.30pm Finish.

There will be also be an option of visiting a nearby stone inclosure with local guides.

A €20 donation is appreciated to cover the cost of the visiting Pro Silva Europe foresters.
Please bring your own packed lunch, wet weather clothing and boots.
Detailed directions to follow.

Planting real forests, forever producing wood and adding beauty

prosilvaireland — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 09:18:41 +0000

ProSilva Ireland member and host to our last ProSilva Open Forest day in Leitrim, Mary Legge, reflects on all they have learned about forests over the years

It was both a great pleasure and rather intimidating to welcome the members of ProSilva Ireland to our woods on 28th April 2012. By no means are we trained foresters and though we may have a little more knowledge now than 25 years ago, that is all we have. Despite this, we are so proud of our trees.

About 25 years ago we read of the potential for tree growing in Co. Leitrim where we owned a cottage and two acres. We asked a neighbour to plough the ground and we bought 1000 trees in plugs from Brian Hussey’s Woodlands and put them into the ground. Easy. So we looked around for some more land. We bought 40 acres at Drumkirwan. This time became more serious as the grant scheme was involved.

The land was spread over two hills with a valley between. I walked over the land with the forest advisor and the rushes and grass were so high that they brushed my chin. He advised spruce, I asked about ash, he told us about interplanting with Noble Fir for Christmas trees. We put several thousand mixed broadleaves on both sides of the house, in effect the valley part of the land.

Again we bought S/S from Woodlands Nursery in Tuam. They cost 117 pounds per 1000. The land was mole ploughed and we set to….. For labour we press-ganged our chlldren and any other family members we could get, (my brother-in-law was a horticulturalist). I also contacted the Botanic Gardens where I knew the students were looking for week-end work.. and we were lucky enough to be introduced to local people amongst then Brendan who has been with us ever since. It was very late for planting, May, but all the trees except for the ash, were in plugs of soil, and as we toiled up and down the hill in beautiful weather, my niece said it reminded her of the film Jean de la Florette.

And then we returned a week later to find the hares resented our intrusion and had nipped the top four inches off every oak and beech tree. So that autumn we bought tree shelters and moretrees. I had to get a local saw mill to make stakes 1x1x48 inches—– well over 1500 of them. I forget how much the stakes cost, but the shelters were 1 pound each. This next planting was in the winter– better for the trees but bitterly cold twisting the wire ties of each shelter on to the stake with bare hands.. Then followed a few years of tending the trees. We beat up the S/S with 10% silver birch (now almost all suppressed), we stamped down the grass around each tree, we shaped and shaped the oak, we tried to protect the Noble Fir with home made black polythene rings attached to stakes, we cut back the brambles and sprayed them with Roundup and we shaped and shaped the ash and then would come a frost and we shaped again. The vision of a return from Christmas trees died early on as we realiised the customer likes his tree to be free of dead grass, beautifully shaped and clean- not muddy from being dragged over the ground to the trailer. The ash was more promising until we were told it was only good for firewood (though firewood is coming into its own now).

About seven or eight years ago I heard of ProSilva Ireland and became completely sure it was the way forward. We thinned first when the trees were 16 years old and again three years later and we are planning our third thinning at present. We are searching the ground hopefully for seedlings and to our delight we have found birch, spruce, sycamore and even a couple of oak. I always wanted ours to be a permanent forest and with a bit of continued luck it looks like we are getting there.

We shall have built a real forest which will be there forever producing wood and adding beauty to the countryside.

Mary Legge, ProSilva Ireland member

As always, comments welcome.

Further details of ProSilva Ireland trip to SE England forests Sept 6-8, 2012

prosilvaireland — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:12:02 +0000

Details for the ProSilva Ireland to South East England

We are planning to go from a Thursday 6th returning on Saturday 8th September, 2012.

We suggest members to look at direct flights from Dublin to Southampton return costing €132 basic package today with FlyBE, leaving Dublin at 8.30am and a return flight from Southampton leaving at 15.05pm

There is a Travelodge available for about £40 a night which would be centrally located to the sites – ProSilva Ireland will book rooms but people attending need to let Paddy Purser, the membership secretary know, that they are attending. With the flight the provisional cost of the study tour is ~€250, not including food and bus travel.

Places are limited. To secure a place please send a €50 booking deposit to the membership secretary, Paddy Purser, to 36 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, as soon as possible.

Wish to come but not a member yet? – Please see our ‘Join’ page for details here

ProSilva Ireland wishes to thank the UK ProSilva group, the Continuous Cover Forestry Group – CCFG for arranging and hosting this study tour.

ProSilva Ireland Study Tour Itinerary

Thursday: 9.30 arrive in Southampton

9.30 – 12.00: out of airport & travel to Melbury Estate

and then to Clifton Wood 5 miles away

Clifton to Travel Lodge at Podimore is 20 mins.

Friday: Travel to Rushmore Woods: 50 mins.

Rushmore

Travel to Cranborne: 20 mins

Cranborne

Travel back to Podimore 1 hr 10 mins.

Saturday:

Travel to Stourhead: 30 mins

Stourhead to Southampton Airport: 1 hr 20-30 mins.

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Learn about IRREGULAR SILVICULTURE IN THE LOWLANDS

Thursday 6th September to Sat 8th September 2012

The visits will illustrate the application of irregular silviculture on a range of site and forest types and consider stands in different stages of transformation on private estates in Dorset and Wiltshire. All the woodland enterprises have multiple objectives but profitability and timber production are key aims.

Locations & Main Points of Interest

CRANBORNE ESTATE, Cranborne, Dorset

Early stages of transformation in coniferous stands
More developed broadleaved stands (AFI Research Stand)
Introduction of irregular silviculture into semi-natural, broadleaved stands

RUSHMORE ESTATE, Tollard Royal, Wiltshire

Middle stages of transformation in Norway spruce and Douglas fir stands
Irregular silviculture in broadleaved, semi-natural stands
Biodiversity & Close-to-nature Continuous Cover Forestry on Ancient, Semi-natural stands and Plantations on Ancient Sites

STOURHEAD (WESTERN) ESTATE, Mere, Wiltshire

Developed, multi-specific coniferous stands (including AFI Research Stand)
Historic Landscapes & Close-to-nature Continuous Cover Forestry

ProSilva Ireland members forest study tour to South-West England, Sept. 2012

prosilvaireland — Tue, 29 May 2012 21:19:03 +0000

Learn about IRREGULAR SILVICULTURE IN THE LOWLANDS

Thursday 6th September to Sat 8th September 2012

Locations & Main Points of Interest

CRANBORNE ESTATE, Cranborne, Dorset

Early stages of transformation in coniferous stands
More developed broadleaved stands (AFI Research Stand)
Introduction of irregular silviculture into semi-natural, broadleaved stands

RUSHMORE ESTATE, Tollard Royal, Wiltshire

Middle stages of transformation in Norway spruce and Douglas fir stands
Irregular silviculture in broadleaved, semi-natural stands
Biodiversity & Close-to-nature Continuous Cover Forestry on Ancient, Semi-natural stands and Plantations on Ancient Sites

STOURHEAD (WESTERN) ESTATE, Mere, Wiltshire

Developed, multi-specific coniferous stands (including AFI Research Stand)
Historic Landscapes & Close-to-nature Continuous Cover Forestry

Study tour details:

All members are welcome to attend. Members are to pay for their own flights, which appear to be in the region of €90-120. ProSilva will be organising the bus transport and accommodation (prices and suggested air travel routes will be confirmed in a subsequent email).

Places are limited. To secure a place please send a €50 booking deposit to the membership secretary to 36 Fitzwilliam Square as soon as possible.

Wish to come but not a member yet? – Please see our ‘Join’ page for details here

ProSilva Ireland wishes to thank the UK ProSilva group, the Continuous Cover Forestry Group – CCFG for arranging and hosting this study tour.

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Please feel welcome to forward this event to others

Upcoming April 28th 2012 Open Forest day in South Leitrim – All Welcome!

prosilvaireland — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:37:17 +0000

Venue: David and Mary Legge’s, near Keshcarrigan, Co. Leitrim

Meeting: Meet at 10.30 AM in the car park of Foxfield RC Church. Please bring your own packed lunch and wet weather clothing and boots.

Directions coming from the south, follow the N4 Dublin to Sligo as far as Dromod and turn right onto the R202 towards Enniskillen. Go on R202 (through Mohill) until you reach Fenagh, about 25 Km. Turn left at Fenagh onto the R209 (direction Keshcarrigan), go for about 2 or 3 Km. Church and parking on the left. Follow signs to the Pro Silva Ireland event.

Directions from the north, follow the R202 through Ballinamore until you reach Fenagh. Turn right in Fenagh onto the R209 (the Keshcarrigan Road). Go for about 2 or 3 km. Church and parking on the left. Follow signs to the Pro Silva Ireland event.

David, Mary and family have a range of forestry plantations all of which are being transformed to CCF. In the morning we will be visiting a high Yield Class stand of Sitka spruce planted in 1990 which to date has received 2 transformation thinnings using the Graduated Density system defined by Talis Kalnars (ProSilva Ireland has a free information booklet to download on Talis’ Close to Nature forest management here. We will be discussing the next steps as the 3^rd thinning is imminent. We will also visit a small mixed hardwood stand and another poor quality mixture of Ash and Noble fir.

In the afternoon we will visit more broadleaved stands, including a very interesting 4 acre stand of alder and established solely by natural regeneration and a stand of birch established in 2002. We will be discussing the need for early intervention in these stands.

We will be joined on the day by Marc Etienne from Prosilva France and by Thomas Vrska from Pro Silva in the Czech Republic. There will be a voluntary cover charge to help cover the costs of our European experts.

This will be a fantastic insight into the management of the transformation of recently established plantation forestry into permanent forests.

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2012 Membership – subscriptions due

Thank you to all members who have renewed their subscriptions for 2012. For those who have not, your subscription of €40 is now due. Please send this to Pro Silva Ireland, Membership Secretary, 36 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin 2 or give it to a member of the committee at the Field Day.

Upcoming April 28th 2012 Open Forest day in South Leitrim

prosilvaireland — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:44:54 +0000

Details for the April ProSilva Ireland Open Forest Day are as follows:

Date: April 28, from 11am-4pm – all welcome.

Venue: David and Mary Legge’s property, near Keshcarrigan, Co. Leitrim

Meeting: Meeting time and location will be circulated closer to the event time. Please bring your own packed lunch and wet weather clothing and boots.

A €20 donation is appreciated to cover the cost of the visiting European ProSilva foresters.

What will be covered on the day:

David, Mary and family have a range of forestry plantations all of which are being transformed to Close-to-nature continuous cover forestry. In the morning we will be visiting a high Yield Class stand of Sitka spruce planted in 1990 which to date has received 2 transformation thinnings using the Graduated Density System defined by Talis Kalnars. We will be discussing the next steps as the 3^rd thinning is imminent. We will also visit a small mixed hardwood stand and another poor quality mixture of Ash and Noble fir.

We will be joined on the day by Marc Etienne from ProSilva France and by another ProSilva expert from Europe, to be confirmed.

This will be a fantastic insight into the management of the transformation of recently established plantation forestry into permanent forests.

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Message to members:

The 2012 members subscription of €40 is now due. €10 for students/unwaged. Please send this to Pro Silva Ireland, Membership Secretary, 36 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin 2.

Interested in joining ProSilva Ireland, please see our joining information here

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Out autumn open forest day is set for 6 Oct 2012 in or near Northern Ireland and our overseas trip for members will be in early Sept to the South of England. Details of these events will be in subsequent posts.

Recent ProSilva Ireland 2011 Open Forest day at Joe Barry’s farm, Larch Hill Stud, Kilcock, Co. Kildare and AGM – ALL WELCOME

prosilvaireland — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 07:26:46 +0000

Update 18 Oct 2011: Joe Barry wrote an article in the Irish Independent on this ProSilva Event in “Working with nature rather than against it should ensure we benefit financially” by Joe Barry, Oct 18, Irish Independent

http://www.independent.ie/farming/news-features/working-with-nature-rather-than-against-it-should-ensure-we-benefit-financially-2908425.html

Joe Barry is well known as a journalist on forestry matters in Ireland and bases his knowledge and experience with his own forest plantations.

Woodland at Larch Hill Stud comprises small numbers of some very old Beech along with a few Scots pine and Larch which were planted in the 1700s when the old estate was originally laid out. These fringe the new woodland, which was planted in 1995 under the Forest Service afforestation scheme. The planting was designed to ensure that the new woodland would benefit the farm, principally by providing shelter while ensuring that it remained a working farm with pasture fringed by woodland.

There are approximately 40 ha of woodland, the majority of being ash and ash/cherry mix with app 4 ha of oak in three sections plus app 6 ha of beech, beech/J.L. intimate mix and beech/oak mix and app 5ha of sycamore. First thinning of the ash took place app 9 years ago with second thinning two years ago and a small amount of further thinning last winter including the sycamore.

Difficulty in finding a market for thinnings prompted the establishment of a wood fuel business www.logonfirewood.ie and the trees provided an ideal setting and shelter for a composting business www.enrich.ie where we take in green material and turn it in to various horticultural products. I am also sending you a species map which is not up to date and does not include all planting but gives a good idea of the general lay out of the majority of the woods and their species mix.

The focus of the ProSilva Open forest day will be on thinning of young broadleaf stands using Close-to-Nature (CTN) principles. We will visit and discuss CTN principles in the pure Ash woodland and the mixed species woodlands. Depending on time we hope to carry out demonstrations on marking thinnings and hopefully, depending on numbers, have marking thinning exercises for the participants on the day.

We are very fortunate to have Dr. Jurij Diaci (ProSilva Slovenia) and Reyer Knoll (ProSilva Netherlands) as the foreign ProSilva experts who will help lead the discussions on the day.

Start: 11am – 4pm. Please remember to bring boots, coats and a packed lunch. A €20 donation on the day is appreciated to cover the expenses of our visiting forestry experts.

ProSilva Ireland wishes to thank Joe Barry for generously hosting this event

Directions: ProSilva Ireland signs will be placed on the way to the farm.  For Satellite navigation users, key in the townland Phepotstown, Co Meath.

For those coming from the Dublin Galway motorway:

Exit the M4 motorway at the sign for Kilcock/Clane.
Follow the Kilcock signs and after the roundabout at the Musgrave/Centra buildings head for Kilcock.
Before entering Kilcock you will see a sign on your left for Trim/Summerhill. Take this road and after a few hundred metres at the roundabout take the second exit signed Larch Hill Gardens.
Larch Hill is exactly 3.2 km from this roundabout -follow the signs for Dunshaughlin or Larch Hill Gardens until you reach entrance with trees and a high hedge and laurels (see sign at this point).
If you reach Kilcock Autos on right you have gone too far!

For others coming from elsewhere, Joe Barry’s farm is located on the main Kilcock, Dunshaughlin road, adjoining Larch Hill Gardens which is well signed and whose location can be found on their website.

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Notice of AGM – 2011

Dear Member,

The AGM of Pro Silva Ireland will be held following the 1st Oct 2011 ProSilva Open forest day at 4.30pm.

PSI is run by a committee of up to 11, of which the longest serving 2 must retire at each AGM. Nominations for vacant positions are welcome & should be submitted, in writing to the Membership Secretary, (Paddy Purser, The Membership Secretary, Pro Silva Ireland, 36 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin 2, Ireland), or by e-mail to ptr@eircom.net by Friday 30th Sept, 2011. Retiring members are not excluded from running for re-election. The elected committee appoints a chairman, vice chairman, secretary, treasurer & other officers as deemed necessary.

The proposed agenda for the AGM is as follows:

1. Welcome by Chairman.

2. Minutes of the previous AGM & matters arising.

3. Officer’s reports:
Chairman
Treasurer

4. Election of new committee members.

5. Any other business.

Dated this 22nd day of September 2010

ProSilva Ireland Committee