12.10.2023

What happened next to our Green Cities Europe parklet from Bloom?

What happened next to our Green Cities Europe parklet from Bloom?

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Dublin City Council | Bord Bia - The Irish Food Board | Barnardos Ireland | Áit Urbanism + Landscape | O'Brien Landscaping | Daibhi Mac Domhnaill | Association of Landscape Contractors of Ireland (ALCI)

🌱 Green Cities Europe aims t...

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12.10.2023

Meet an Irish Grower: Joseph Young

We are delighted to introduce you to some of the Growers participating in the Green Cities Europe Campaign in Ireland!

Meet Joseph Young! 👋

Joseph is assistant production manager and manager of quality control at Young Nurseries, in the Ballyhoura region of Co. Limerick. The nursery is a family business founded in 1988.

💬 “We are very environmentally friendly - we have a system of watering the plants from underneath. The water is collected bac...

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6.9.2023

More about Our National Winner: Bridgefoot Street Park

We are thrilled to announce that Dublin City Council's 'Bridgefoot Street Park' has been named by our esteemed judging panel as the winner of the Green Cities Europe Awards 2023 – Ireland!

A massive congratulations to all involved in this incredible greening project.

The Bridgefoot Street Park project champions the ideals behind the #GreenCities campaign, highlighting the importance of green areas in minimising the consequences of climate chan...

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6.9.2023

Liberties’ Bridgefoot Street Park wins National ‘Green Cities’ Award

 

Bridgefoot Street Park has been named the Irish National winner in the Green Cities Europe Awards at the campaign’s autumn seminar, hosted by the Irish Hardy Nursery Stock Association and Bord Bia in Portlaoise.

Bridgefoot Street Park, a new public park in The Liberties, Dublin 8, has been developed by Dublin City Council utilising what would normally be considered waste materials. Materials used in the project include calp and concrete, an...

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4.9.2023

Reflecting on a busy Summmer

☀️ We're reflecting on an incredible summer for the Green Cities Campaign in Ireland, which included our very own Parklet at Bord Bia - The Irish Food Board's #Bloom festival.

Check out this short video for some highlights of our simple - but very effective - urban parklet garden

"We want to introduce people into greening our cities for the future, and emphasizing Irish grown products🌱, that will sustain and maintain in this environment." - Va...

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1.9.2023

Limerick City and County Council’s Greening Streets – Pop Up Forest/Mobile Nursery shortlisted in the national Green Cities Award – 2023

Limerick City and County Council's Greening Streets - Pop Up Forest/Mobile Nursery has been announced as one of the shortlisted projects in the Green Cities Europe Award 2023 - Ireland

The mobile pop up forest project launched on the June Bank Holiday weekend 2022. The pop-up forest consists of planters with integrated seating that house a variety of Irish grown trees - multistem silver birch, willow and cherry trees - giving a forest feel to ...

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