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Tree Walk to Celebrate National Tree Week!

Date: 6th March 2012
Time: 11.30am - 12.30pm
Location: Powerscourt Gardens
Cost: Included in entry to gardens / Free of charge for season ticket holders.

No booking is required. Author and forestry expert Michael Carey will give a walking tour of the trees in Powerscourt Gardens. Michael is from County Wicklow and has written a fantastic book on the area called 'Wicklow's trees and woodlands over four centuries'. Michael has worked in the National Soil Survey, State Forest Service and Coillte and also as a forestry and management consultant. The walking tour should prove very enjoyable and you will come away armed with plenty of new information on the trees in Wicklow!

National Tree Week runs from 4-10 March 2012, for more information see www.treecouncil.ie