I’m currently on a week’s joint residency at Interface Inagh in Connemara with writer Michaele Cutaya. We’re here alongside the Woodland Symposium group, who convene on Interface for two weeks each year to reflect on the planned transformation of the on-site area of Sitka spruce to native woodland and how it’s progressing.
We’ve been on guided nature walks with archeologist Michael Gibbons and ecologist Marie Louise Heffernan, looked at a native oak forest preserve across the lake and native, non-native and invasive species in the area.
Michaele and I will be back for the second week of our residency in the autumn.