This Kerry Wild Bee Festival 2024 is back for another year and will be based in the beautiful surroundings of the Tralee Bay Wetlands Ecology Park. This is the second year of this festival and it will feature a series of walks and talks led by biodiversity experts and community groups on these important insects and […]
Transition Kerry will have a Meitheal at The Green Community Orchard planted in 2017. We will be checking the trees and doing some summer orchard care and maintenance, including getting to know some of the wild plants and creatures that have made this place their home. Tá fáilte roimh gach duine.
Date: Sunday 30th June 2024
Time: 2-3pm
Meeting: At […]
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Kerry Biodiversity Week will be running from the 17th to the 25th May, with a range of events taking place around the county. This is the public google calendar set up by Kerry County Council Biodiversity Officer, to make it easier to see what events are taking place near you:
19th May – Biodiversity Showcase @ […]
TRANSITION KERRY INVITES YOU TO JOIN US AT THIS WILD MIND EVENT!
TITLE: WHAT IS OURS TO DO AT THIS TIME OF IMMENSE CHANGE?
DATE: Saturday 27th April 2024
TIME: 2.30-4pm
VENUE: The Sailing Club, Fenit Village
LINK TO WORKSHOP: http://wildmind.ie/events/event/community-biodiversity-leadership/
This is an indoor and outdoor event – please wear appropriate clothes and footgear.
PLEASE REGISTER HERE: transitionkerry2020@gmail.com
As Transition Kerry, formed in 2007, plan for the next few years, […]
TRANSITION KERRY FROM THE GROUND UP
Opportunities to collaborate and create community led biodiversity projects
In response to the many requests for continued support leading on from the TK Climate & Biodiversity Community leadership Programme, we are pleased to announce that we have secured some funding for support and mentoring for community led actions for biodiversity. This fund […]
Wonders of Willow/Iontas an Saileach – Practical Willow Dome workshop
We are hoping you will join us for this hands on practical Willow Dome workshop, We will learn how to maintain this living habitat and will also explore the vast resources of willow as medicine, timber, a source of food and habitat for wildlife, flood defence, bio-remediation, shelter belts […]
Come join us to see what life is emerging in our ponds this spring! Tralee Bay Wetlands is a demonstration site for the An Taisce Ponds for Biodiversity initiaitive. Please register for this event – see details below. This is an outdoor event – please wear appropriate clothing and footwear. All are welcome. This event is a collaboration with Tralee Bay […]
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We are delighted to inform you that the Tralee Allotments Project will be facilitating 2 Spring Gardening Programmes.
Grow Your Own with Thomas O’Connor
Venue: Rahoonane Community Centre/ Allotments, Tralee
Start Date: Wednesday, March 6th
2 sessions per month during March, April, May and June
To book a place, email: transitionkerry2020@gmail.com
Gardening for Health and Wellbeing with Padraig O’Briain
Venue: Marian Park Allotments, Tralee
Start Date: Saturday, March 2nd
2 sessions per month during March, April, May […]
This workshop is intended land owners, farmers, landscapers and anybody who is involved in land management. We will look at the value of ponds for biodiversity; the role ponds, wetlands and water management can play in climate resilience. We will examine the construction process; explore when to use artificial liners or when existing ground conditions […]
This workshop (11-5pm) is intended for anybody who wishes to create their own pond large or small. We will look at the value of ponds for biodiversity; the role ponds, wetlands and water management can play in climate resilience; how to build your own pond – where to source water, whether to use a liner […]