Biodiversity Awareness & Climate Action Workshops

Free Biodiversity Awareness Workshops for Community Groups

Help your local community take steps to support biodiversity and local wildlife by availing of our free workshops for community groups.

Biodiversity Awareness workshops

In two 1 1/2 hour sessions with a biodiversity expert, we first invite your group to Brigit’s Garden to see habitats in action and learn about designing for biodiversity. We will then arrange a follow-up visit to your community to discuss how to maximise biodiversity in your area (some distance limits may apply).

Learn more about:

• Native planting to attract wildlife
• Trees – which species to plant and where
• The benefits of ponds, scrub & hedgerows
• How to manage your existing habitats to support biodiversity

Butterflies and their Habitats

We also offer a special 1 1/2 hour butterfly workshop with Kay Synott, author of the Butterflies of Co. Galway booklet. Your group can make a difference for our native butterflies! An engaging workshop learning about different butterfly species, what habitat they need to flourish and which food plants to provide for them.

Free Climate Action Workshops for Community Groups

Our two-hour walkabout workshop with an expert facilitator will give your community group valuable information, tips and ideas.

See sustainability in action and discuss key issues:

• Using renewable energy: Solar PV panels, a biomass (wood pellet) boiler
• Going electric: Using cordless equipment e.g. garden machinery; measuring energy consumption
• Saving water: Simple roof collection system Disposing of food waste sustainably: An anaerobic digester and composting
• Reducing single-use plastic: Water filling stations and more
• Biodiversity in practice: Pollinator-friendly plants, native trees, wildflowers, ponds