The Athenry Music School are proud to launch the Trees for Harmony campaign and urge you to pledge your time to help plant trees for the well-being of our children and their planet.
On the morning of 29th February 2020, Athenry Music School, Esker Children's Music Group and Athenry Tidy Towns are joining the Children's Tree Campaign to invite the community to plant thousands of native trees in Athenry.
The project hopes to see the commitment of up to 300 people planting trees together in one day, with the aim of adding 10,000 new trees to the town's landscape. It involves only man/woman/child power, a spade and a few hours.
The Children's Tree Campaign is a new campaign set up by Galway-based children in 2019. It aims to protect Ireland's native trees, and encourage the planting of many more, to help encourage wildlife and biodiversity and help tackle climate change.
In May 2019, the Daíl declared a climate and biodiversity emergency. Scientists have shown that planting trees is one of the most effective ways to tackle climate change. As the saplings grow into full trees, they absorb carbon dioxide - the main climate-changing gas - from the atmosphere. Native trees also support hundreds of species of animals that we need to save. Trees are beautiful, hold and make topsoil, reduce flooding and noise pollution around our homes, slow traffic around schools and help our physical and mental well-being.
All families, children and community groups are invited to pledge their support, bring their spades and their enthusiasm to plant a forest for our future.
The location is just off the Craughwell road (near the motorway bridge). The Gardai will be onsite during the day, with restricted road closures in place for everyone's safety.
Farrells of Athenry has come on board and have pledged the donation of a shuttle bus from the Car Park beside Kenny Park to the planting site. This will avoid congestion around the planting areas and to coordinate with Tidy Towns, who will know which specific area planters are most needed. The bus will leave every 20mins from Kenny Park and shuttle you and your family back again to your car in Kenny Park after planting.
