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Trees on the Land is a cross-border initiative working to establish young native trees across the 32 counties of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Trees on the Land is funded by a combination of donations from the general public, contributions from landowners and sponsorship from local businesses.  The initiative is run by a small team of professionals and a large network of volunteers who work to co-ordinate the planting projects each season.

Trees on the Land aims to deliver a strong, practical project which can run consistent annual schemes for farmers and other landowners to access quality trees for planting in all economic climates.

Applying for Trees

• Applications are open to all landowners: farmers, smallholders, councils, community groups, schools, colleges, sports clubs, golf clubs, youth groups, healthcare and hospital grounds, church and faith communities, gardeners and other landowners.
• Applicants will be issued with an application number by email when their order is complete and will be kept up to date with project news, tree delivery details and other information by email.
• Applications are accepted on a first come first served basis. We have limited numbers of trees and applications will be closed early if all trees are accounted for before the deadline. Please do not leave your application to the last minute – apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
• Application Deadline: Applications for trees will close at 5pm on Monday 23rd October 2023.

Schools & Colleges

• Sponsored trees are available free of charge to schools and colleges.
• Schools and colleges may apply for up to 250 trees and 2 apple trees.

Community Projects: Community Groups, Councils, Sports Clubs, youth groups, healthcare and hospital grounds, church and faith communities

• Sponsored trees are available free of charge to community groups, councils, sports clubs, youth groups, healthcare and hospital grounds, church and faith communities. Tidy Towns, residents groups, allotments, scouts groups and community groups of all kinds are welcome to apply.
• There is no upper or lower limit on tree numbers – larger projects may undertake planting over a number of years as multi-year projects.

Farms & Smallholdings

• Sponsored trees are available free of charge to farms and smallholdings.
• There is no upper or lower limit on tree numbers – larger projects may undertake planting over a number of years as multi-year projects.

Gardens

• Gardeners may apply for trees for their gardens.
• Applications are limited to 100 trees each in addition to 2 apple trees.
• Application fees will apply to all tree packs for gardens.
• Application fees amount to approximately 60c per tree and €20 each for apple trees.
• An additional delivery charge of €20 per order will apply.

Tree Deliveries

Trees will be delivered to you by courier or by one of our local helpers. You may be asked to fetch your trees from a local collection point.

The majority of deliveries will be sent out during January, February and March 2024. You will be notified by email well in advance of your order being sent out for delivery.

Planting & Managing Your Trees

You will need to plant the trees yourself with help from friends, family and others as appropriate to the planting project. You can employ a local contractor to plant your trees if you wish.

All trees are native species grown in Ireland from certified Irish provenance seed. Trees are small bare-rooted whips and between 30 cm and one metre tall depending on species. The majority of trees are 40-60 cm in height.

Learn more here.