Writing the Land: The Great Forest of Aughty Writing the Land is a collaborative outreach and fundraising project for nature protection and forest restoration organizations and local communities in the Slieve Aughties.  Through the development of an anthology and locally based integrated creative project work, our poets, community collaborators, and contributors will help to raise awareness of the importance of the rights of nature and those of the Great Forest of Aughty to b

Community Tree Planting Day for National Tree Week took place on Saturday, March 15th At the Slieve Aughty Center, Kylebrack, Loughrea, Co. Galway, H62DX77 CELT were delighted to invite our local community to join us in celebrating National Tree Week and this years theme of -  'Planting Trees, Growing Together', was very apt for our first tree planting event of our new onsite nature restoration educational project in partnership with the Slieve Aughty Center and turning the s

CELT were delighted to play a part in Celebrating National Tree 2025 week at the Slieve Aughty Center, with a Tree Foraging walk with our expert foraging Tutor, Olwyn willaims, who guided a full workshop and an eager group of Tree Forager enthusiasts on the abundance and benefits of Tree foraging! National Tree Week Ireland’s largest annual tree celebration, is proudly organised each year by the Tree Council of Ireland, and invites communities across the nation to come togeth

We were delighted with the turn out for our first workshop of the year which was a day long  'Introduction to Hedge Laying' with Tutor...

CELT Board of Directors were delighted with the great support and interest from our members and the wonderful team of CELT tutors who turned out to join us for our first AGM without our cofounder, Bob Wilson, who sadly passed away in October last year. While we felt Bob's loss, we were greatly heartened to welcome two new people who stepped forward to join our Board of Directors, including the wonderfully creative and experienced Willow Weaver and CELT Tutor, Kate Burrows, a

Celebrating Bob Wilson’s Legacy: A Day of Community, Nature, and Craft On November 24th, the Slieve Aughty Centre came alive as CELT...

On November 23rd, CELT hosted a day of festive workshops  at the scenic Slieve Aughty Centre, giving people the opportunity to come...

It is with heavy hearts that we share the funeral arrangements for our dear co-founder and coordinator who dedicated their life to the...

By Richard O’Gorman For those of us lucky enough to live out in the Irish countryside or in the heights of rural East Clare the wonder of...

The Woodlands of Ireland Conference 2024 , with support from CELT (Centre for Environmental Living & Training)  and the Irish...