Acorn gathering event at Kildare woods

A FUN and rewarding day is in the offing this month with an acorn gathering event at Coillte’s Rahin Woods, Carrick, Co Kildare.

The National Acorn Gathering initiative includes an event at the woods on Friday 18 October.

This community event from 3 – 4.30pm offers a way to connect with nature while helping to expand Ireland's native woodlands – one small acorn at a time.

Acorns collected at this year’s gatherings in Kildare, Sligo, Mayo and Wicklow will be sent to the Coillte tree nursery at Ballintemple, Co Carlow to be weighed, graded, dried, stored and subsequently germinated to produce oak seedlings. 

They will be grown on at the nursery until they are two to four years old, when they will be ready to be planted out to create new native woodlands.

If you are already a committed nature lover or a family looking for a digital detox, this is the perfect way to embrace the outdoors while making a difference.

For more information on the National Acorn Gathering, visit The Nature Trust registration page on their websitehere and check their social media pages for updates.