There is something for everyone over the two days, including woodland talks, information stands, machinery, equipment, demonstrations, artisan craft and food stands, family activities and music.
Recent improved planting licences welcomed if they can be maintained, writes Donal Magner.
Minister Hackett believes the scheme will provide direct financial support over clearance and reconstitution grants to ash forest owners who have cleared sites and replanted with another species.
The FII survey found this is due to restrictions imposed on lands eligible for planting by the Forestry Programme launched in autumn 2023.
Two hectares of trees have been planted to acknowledge Lakeland Dairies’ 3,200 farm families and 1,400 staff members as Lakeland teams up with Western Forestry Co-op.
Department supremo insists that the legal requirement to replant forestry ground after harvesting will not be removed.
Nearly 500 landowners recently benefited from a one-to-one appointment with a Teagasc forestry adviser. The clinics had a focus on forest creation opportunities for landowners.