A donation of €5 or £5 will support the planting and establishment of at least one native tree.

• We plant native Irish trees grown in Ireland from certified Irish provenance seed. The most common species we plant are downy birch, common alder, oak (sessile & pedunculate), Scots pine, hazel, rowan, crab apple, hawthorn & blackthorn.

• Trees are planted at appropriate sites as small woodlands, shelter belts, coppices, hedgerows, wood-pasture, parkland, orchards, individual trees, groups, rows and avenues of trees, landscape and amenity trees, reforestation and agroforestry projects.

• Trees are planted on farms and smallholdings, at community sites, in schools and colleges, on hospital grounds, at sports clubs, in residential green space, in parks, at golf courses, on council land, and in many other places.

• We support a great diversity of tree planting projects. We believe that everyone should have the chance to plant a tree and watch it grow.

• We monitor trees until they are five years old to ensure successful establishment. The trees are looked after by the communities and landowners who have planted them. We give long-term advice and support on management and care of the trees. Any sites with significant failures are supplied with additional trees for re-stocking as needed.

• We work to establish continuous tree cover that will be managed as a sustainable resource for many generations. We don't guarantee that every tree will live to old age (though many will). Selected trees may be thinned, coppiced or harvested in future years, some trees will blow down in storms, others may be attacked by pests and diseases. Trees drop seed and/or put up new growth from the roots; continuous cover management allows constant regeneration and permanent tree cover in the landscape.