500 native trees & shrubs planted in Saint Luke's NS

​On Friday 10th of February 2023, we planted the latest of the Stepping Stone Forests in the grounds of St Lukes NS in Tyrrelstown. 
The children, teachers,& parents all pitched in to plant almost 500 trees & shrubs.
There were 25 volunteers available to help the children to plant the trees and, for the first time, to deploy rabbit guards in a school. Along with the usual Stepping Stones Forrest volunteers drawn from Dodder Action Woodstown Village Wildlife Tallaght,  Litter Mugs South Dublin Volunteer Centre we also had staff from Cloudforests / Usee and of course volunteers from forest sponsor #AWSInCommunities.(Amazon, our good neighbours)
Finally, it was great to see Minister Roderic O'Gorman TD  at yet another Stepping Stone Forest event. Last time out he got stuck in with a soil prep event. This time he got his hands dirty helping to plant some trees.
Ms Vivienne Bourke & Mr Neary would like to thank Ms Orla Burke, staff, children and parents as well as the volunteers above for all the effort put in to the tree planting project.