St David’s CBS

Artane, Dublin 5

510 trees planted on 21st February 2024

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510 trees planted on 21st February 2024 〰️

Student population: 485
Student age range: 12 to 18 years old
Forest area: 170 m2
Amount of mulch: 12 m3
Soil Prep Event: 23rd November 2023
Tree Planting Date: 21st February 2024
No. Trees planted: 510
Planted behind an existing row of Cherry Laurel (non-native but retained as a border to the new forest)

St. David’s is a Catholic school, promoting Christian values, that provides opportunities for every student to achieve their full potential in academic, artistic, social and sporting spheres in an atmosphere that promotes responsibility, tolerance and respect for others.

St. David’s CBS provides the broadest array of opportunities possible, both within and outside the classroom. They strive to educate the whole person: spiritually, emotionally, physically and intellectually. Students are encouraged to get involved in extracurricular activities, whether it be GAA, soccer, rugby, athletics, music, green schools, choir, climbing, debating, and horticulture.

Tree species: 〰️ Oak 〰️ Alder 〰️ Hazel 〰️ Alder Buckthorn 〰️ Hawthorn 〰️ Crab Apple 〰️ Blackthorn 〰️ Wild Cherry 〰️ Grey Willow 〰️ Bird Cherry 〰️ Goat Willow 〰️ Elder 〰️ Guelder Rose 〰️ Wild Privet 〰️ Spindle 〰️ Downy Birch 〰️ Rowan 〰️ Silver Birch 〰️ Broom 〰️ Scots Pine 〰️

Forest Sponsors

We’re very lucky to be supported by our CoolPartners who contribute towards our forest creations. Their support ensures that we can deliver these forests with no financial cost to the school. We are also delighted when our CoolPartners join us on the event days to help us deliver the forest creation, as they did for the events in St David’s CBS.

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Thanks to our Lead Sponsor

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

We were delighted to partner with AWS InCommunities as we delivered Urban Forests through the 2023/24 planting season.

AWS were the Lead Sponsor for this wonderful forest developed in St David’s CBS, bringing biodiversity and nature into this wonderful school in the heart of the Artane community. Their sponsorship means that this forest was provided at no cost to the school, keeping the school’s funds where they’re most needed.