Tree cheers for Cork oak project

A group of West Cork tree-lovers with an eye to the future are ensuring their descendants will one day experience the beauty of an Irish oak forest.

About 1,000 trees are to be planted next month over six- and-a-half acres of countryside around Gullane Lake on the Cork side of Clonakilty — bringing the number of native Irish species planted there to 4,500 over the past three years.

It’s all part of the BranchOut project in which local volunteers have planted trees donated by a number of local nurseries.