Adare branches out with tree-planting programme
JP McManus’s ambitious plans for Adare Manor continue apace for September’s re-opening with a massive tree-planting programme underway at the Co. Limerick resort.
According to the latest social media post by the estate, “over a thousand trees including English Oak, Turkey Oak, Hungarian Oak, Red Oak, Maples, Dawn Redwood, Beech, Copper Beech, Golden Beech, Sweet Chestnut, Horse Chestnut and Lime trees have been carefully selected, prepared, delivered and planted with the help of tree nursery Nangle and Niesen and landscapers Peter O’Brien & Sons.”
Ronan Nangle of Cork-based Nangle and Niesen pointed out that the project is huge, given the size of the trees.
“It is the scale involved,” he said. “These trees are big. The smallest is in excess of 50cm girth and the largest is in excess of 110cm in circumference.
“It is the largest movement of domestically grown super large trees (in excess of 60cm) to happen in this country’s history.
“It is the sheer size of these trees that mark them out and the fact that they were all grown in Ireland. Some of the Quercus Robur (Common or English Oak), in particular, are fantastic specimens.”
Peter O’Brien of Peter O’Brien & Son, added: “Dawn Redwood are one of the few deciduous conifers, it loses its colour through winter.
“In nature, the Dawn Redwood is now classified as critically endangered due to intensive rice cultivation and the poor prospect for regeneration in the wild.
“While European Beech, Copper Beech and Golden Beech have been planted on the golf course due to their dense canopy; beech provide great habitat for wildlife. These are large trees from 30 to 60 years old, from 5 to 9 metres high. Some weighing up to 4.5 tonnes.”