The Green Cities Europe Award 2023 national competition is now open for submissions!

We love hearing about great green landscaping projects in Ireland, and now we want to celebrate them.

[caption id="attachment_95234" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Children at the announcement of the opening of the Green Cities Award submission period, Phoenix Park Visitors Centre, Dublin. Pic credit; Damien Eagers NO FEE[/caption]

MDO Architects gave the Green Cities Campaign a tour of their winning green space in Dublin

🌱 McCauley Daye O'Connell Architects recently received a European award of recognition for being named Irish National Winner of #GreenCitiesIRL 2022.

[caption id="attachment_95217" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] MDO Architects celebrating their Green Cities 2022 Award at the winning project, The Opus Building. in Dublin, Ireland.[/caption]

“It has b...

Chairman of the Irish Hardy Nursery Stock Association, Val Farrell, discusses the importance of the More Green Cities campaign from a grower’s perspective.

What is the importance of the More Green Cities Campaign from a grower's perspective?
From an Irish grower's perspective, we need to promote Irish plants grown in our local climate that are planted around our cities for the future of our children and grandchildren.

Is there an economic impe...

Sabrina Dekker, climate action coordinator for Dublin City Council, speaks to the importance of green cities as a means of combating climate change in Ireland.

Why is urban greening important?

It can have immense benefits. It is not just a patch of grass or some pretty flowers or some nice trees, there is all the [environmental] regulation and ecosystem services that nature provides for us that are essential to cities, such as cleaning the a...

James Purdy of the award-winning, Belfast-based JP Architects & Landscape Design reflects on his design for the Green Cities Garden at Bloom, which received popular and media interest at this year’s event.

 What was the idea behind the Green Cities Garden?
The idea behind the garden was to [reflect] the Green Cities for Europe initiative taking place across the EU and in Ireland, which promotes physical, mental and [environmental] wellbeing t...

Head of Landscape Architecture in the School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy at UCD, Dr Karen Foley reflects on the importance of greening in an urban context.

A green city is a healthy city, and the green space in our urban areas has never been more important. As our towns and villages grow in size, open space and recreational areas will come under increasing pressure. Throughout history, the value of vegetation in the bui...