Dunboyne Forest
A pocket forest to educate future rewilders.
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We are planting this pocket forest in St. Peter’s College, a secondary school located in the north-western suburbs of Dublin. The school has a long tradition of environmental education as a member of Ireland’s national Green-Schools programme, an initiative focused on introducing Nature curricula for students and encouraging schools to take action to protect the planet.
The pocket forest will provide students with an immersive, hands-on climate education experience. They will engage in the creation of biodiversity by actively planting, nurturing, and monitoring the forest’s growth, while gaining valuable insights into the dynamics of ecosystems.
The forest will also bolster the area’s climate resilience. The local council has identified flooding as a severe climate risk, and the pocket forest will play a crucial role in mitigating runoff water, helping to protect a suburb where the natural landscape has been largely replaced by farmland.
Forest Maker
John Kilberd
Forest Design
"Ever since I discovered the SUGi Project online I've really wanted to work with SUGi on a project. Our Stepping Stone Forest methods are a great fit with SUGi and we finally get to work together on a project in Ireland. I'm hoping that the Stepping Stone Forest in St Peter's College is just the beginning of a long and treeful relationship between Stepping Stone Forests and SUGi.”
John Kiberd, Stepping Stone Forests Founder
