Tots To Teens: National Tree Week shows kids how to safeguard nature

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Pictured at Coillte’s Avondale Forest Park are: Callie O' Neill and Kayley Bunn pupils from Our Lady’s Girls National School, Rathdrum, Co Wicklow, Colum Snell from St Saviours National School, Rathdrum, Co Wicklow with Éanna Ni Lamhna, National Tree Council and Sakinah Brennan, ESG Director, Coillte.

National Tree Week runs from March 3 to March 10 this year and Coillte has launched a nationwide primary school competition to celebrate it.

The aim of the competition is to encourage children to engage with nature and to understand the importance of trees in safeguarding the future of our planet.