Acknowledgments
We would like to acknowledge Michael Moloney, CEO of Galway Racecourse and his team for doing a magnificent job in preparing a site for a Miyawaki Mini Forest and for being part of the 100 Million Trees Project along with Anthony Ryan, Chairman of Galway Race Committee.
Also thanks to the Uniphar Group for sponsoring this site.
To Forestry Services Ltd. for planting the trees along with volunteers from the 1st class of the local school, Briarhill National School and the girls and guys from the office of Galway Racecourse..
Site Details
Ballybrit Race Track, also known as Galway Racecourse, is a horse race course in County Galway, Ireland. It is located in the townland of Ballybrit, in the environs of Castlegar, just north of the N6 Bóthar na dTreabh, c.6 km northeast of Galway city. The track has two stands, the Main Stand and Millennium Stand. The seven-day Galway Races Festival is held here every August. Other meetings are held here in September (2 days), early October (1 day) and over the last weekend in October (3 days).
The following is a list of the 2,500 trees planted at this site.
Glimpses of Location where trees are planted
