National Tree Week, organised by the Tree Council since 1985 and in partnership with Coillte
since 1989, is a week long programme of events to celebrate all things trees.
It is generally held in the month of March.

National Tree Week Event at Chapel Hill School of Art - Free Event - All Welcome!
March 26th - 12pm to 4pm

Chapel Hill School of Art is delighted to feature the work of American writer Beth Jones in the screening of two digital stories

Shadow Forests and Dreaming of Trees

Dreaming of Trees the screening of two digital stories by Beth Jones, investigating ancient forests as a method of communicating current topical events relating to the environmental crisis. Four forests are represented: the 385-million-year-old Cairo and Gilboa fossil forests of New York are the oldest in the world, followed closely by the ancient tropical forests of Svalbard, High Arctic. The Gearagh in Cork is a 9,000-year-old submerged glacial woodland, flooded in 1954 to support a hydroelectric dam.

https://www.shadowforests.com

Upstairs in the Community Room

Exhibition of paintings by Siobhan Duggan ‘The Gearagh Month by Month’ and ‘The Lonesome Alder’

At 12pm

Herb-lore ‘The Medicinal Properties of Trees & The Medicinal Properties of Tree Stories’ with Majella O’Riordan of Dandoline Health and Aurora Planells - All Welcome!

At 1.30pm

Debut Screening of Digital Stories of ‘Shadow Forests and Dreaming of Trees’ by American writer Beth Jones.

At 2.00pm

Beachairi Chorcaigh / Beekeepers Cork at Chapel Hill to support and educate the community on the art of caring for bees.

At 2.45pm

Irish Native Tree planting demonstration in the Walled Garden

At 3.15pm

Tree Walk & Biodiversity on the gorunds with Ted Cook - Weather Dependent -

• https://www.corkcoco.ie/en/nature-articles-ted-cook

On the Ground Floor

From 1pm

• Demonstration of Circular Weaving by textile Artists Ann Mechelinck

• Wood Sculpting Demonstration - by artist Denis Lynch

• Visual Art Exhibition - Ann Mechelinck 'Forest Floor’

In the Prayer Room - viewing from 1pm to 2pm only

• Willow Basket Weaving Workshop with Rosemary Kavanagh of Belonging to the Willows

Get in touch if you have any questions.

Email: schoolodart@chaplehill.ie

Tel: 026 20927 | 085 870 6202