Biodiversity Tip No. 25 Swallows return to Ireland each year to build nests and rear young in the outbuildings they were born in themselves, often reusing nests. To find out more, click on the swallow photo here: bit.ly/48UJp72 All-Ireland Pollinator Plan #FarmlandBiodiversity

Great turn out yesterday for our #plantpropagation workshop! 🌱 Thanks to everyone who joined and our teacher Lorraine! #communitygarden #growyourfood

Getting our raised beds topped up and planting in some seedlings, we had a rosemary and olive sourdough to go with our salad and potatoes from the garden,and Maria pickled some of our cucumber,our lunches are always so satisfying when you know you have planted it all yourself 🌱

Community Gardens Ireland have launched our General Election manifesto called GROW 2030. Included in this is a call for the developing of a plan to ensure spaces for growing food in every community by 2030. cgireland.org/grow-2030-comm…

Important call to action for when the election is called in Ireland from Community Gardens Ireland

Chilly start to our day, but we weren't long warming up. Finished our raised bed covers and weeded the Raspberry bed, we picked some beautiful romaine lettuce. 🥗 The strong scent of sweet pea fills the garden,☺️ Maria made a warming pot of Kohlrabi soup after a busy morning

Once found all over Ireland, the Great Yellow Bumblebee is now restricted to the Mullet Peninsula & adjacent mainland But there's hope. Dara Stanley tells us about the extraordinary work that's taken place in recent years to save our rarest true bumblebee tinyurl.com/4j6tpu2w

Join us on Saturday 12th October for our autumn gathering! The 2024 event is taking place in Airfield Estate in Dublin & includes the launch of #NationalAllotmentsWeek & #NationalCommunityGardensWeek! Last year’s event sold out - reserve your spot soon! cgireland.org/autumn-gatheri…

National Allotments and Community Gardens Week takes place this year from the 12th to the 19th of October! This is a week long celebration of all things community growing, and want you to get involved! cgireland.org/national-allot…

Join Us! Royal Canal Biodiversity Walk, 3pm Sunday, 22 Sept Organised by Fingal County Council 's Active Mobility Unit with Blanchardstown Tidy Towns. Featuring talks on canalside flora by 2 botanists. This walk is part of EUROPEAN MOBILITY WEEK #royalcanal #MobilityWeek #blanchardstown #fingal

Check out what seasonal actions you can take for pollinators this autumn 🐝🪰 🦋 #farmlandbiodiversity

Lovely fresh morning here in the garden, Dillion sealed the pipes on the water tanks so they are winter ready, Keelan topped up some more beds, we found a beautiful hawk-moth caterpillar and Luna made us banana and Rye scones for lunch, big welcome to all our new volunteers

Tuesday’s events for #NationalAllotmentsWeek #NationalCommunityGardensWeek #HealthySoil DCG MudIsland Community Gardens Australia Irish Enviro Network Leitrim Development Company. 🇮🇪🇪🇺🇺🇦🇵🇸 Healthy Cities Network European Federation of City Farms URBACT & European Urban Initiative in Ireland More details here: cgireland.org/planned-events…

Today community gardens were added to Irish law for the first time. This important step follows years of discussions & presentations. More work is needed but huge thanks to Malcolm Noonan Marc Ó Cathasaigh Steven Matthews & all TDs/Senators for the support. cgireland.org/community-gard…

We had a lovely get-together last nite at Cork City Hall thanks to Lord Mayor Iar Ard Mhéara Chorcaí, Cllr. Dan Boyle for the invitation to celebrate the end of community gardens and allotments growing week with all the Cork city and county growers 🌱🌱🌱🌱 Cork City Council Green Spaces For Health

A farm near Gorey @ballyowenbioschool were delighted to report seeing their first Buff-tailed bumblebee of the year. It was resting on the silage and moved to a Dandelion for some much-needed nectar. Report your bumblebee sightings to Biodiversity Ireland #farmlandbiodiversity

#MudIsland #community #garden's annual #fundraising pub quiz in Cusacks! Come for a fun night Mon 10th March, 8 pm. SpeedQuizzing.... Great #raffle #prizes! Get in early to bag your seat, last year we'd a whopping 27 teams taking part.....

📢 Calling all schools! 📢 We're delighted to announce a new, free online course ‘Managing School Grounds for Biodiversity’ for school caretakers & groundskeepers, developed in collaboration with Department of Education and Youth Find out more here tinyurl.com/4ym6tj5y

What a day 💪we moved one of our beds, which took an army, we appreciate all our volunteers who come week after week and do trojan work, Randa brought us a pasta salad & Maria made a lentil dahl and we finished with a banana cake from Luna, we could open our own restaurant 😀

Fascinating LEODublinCity Dublin #localenterpriseweek