Site Location: Arklow, County Wicklow
Quantity of trees planted: 1,600
Date planted: 3rd March 2023
Site Owner: Servier (Ireland) Industries Ltd
Sponsor: Des Walsh
Acknowledgments
“We would like to acknowledge Servier (Ireland) Industries Ltd who made an area of their site available for this Miyawaki mini forest and whose key staff Marty Keogh did a great job coordinating the preparation of the site and to John Gahan who organised the volunteers from the staff of Servier. To Avondale Landscapes for possibly having one of the best surfaces to plant in. A special thanks goes to Andrea Driver whose support and enthusiasm has made this project possible.
For the tree planters we thank Ger Byrne, Tony Mills, John O’Loughlin, Ann Kavanagh, Laetitia Huret, Ailbhe Wade, Tony Smyth, Kostadinka Gergova Aiste Janusauskaite, Katie Stanley, Jessica Codd, Casey Bannon, Sean Tobin, Jack Devereux, Jade Wynne, Justine Nesme, Martin Hempenstall, Catriona Taylor, Laura Finn and Maisie the German Shephard.
Site Details
Servier (Ireland) Industries Ltd, Arklow, County Wicklow.
Servier (Ireland) Industries Ltd (Servier Arklow) is a pharmaceutical manufacturing site ‘with a difference’. Established in 1989 on a 60 acre greenfield site, Servier Arklow is home to over 500 employees, producing 160 million boxes of medicine per year for our patients.
However, we are also home to a wonderful woodland, having planted 11.000 native Irish trees over an 11 year period for a programme we call ‘Promise to Plant’. We also share our space with almost 400,000 Irish Black Bees who moved in with us back in 2018 and have produced copious amounts of organic honey over the last five years. Our honey and home-made apple jelly is sold to staff each year with the proceeds going to Arklow Cancer Support.
For over 30 years we have been active in preserving and enhancing the habitats on our site which include hedgerows dating back to the 1600s & 1700s, woodland, wet meadow and stream. We have also introduced a pond, an orchard, a wild flower meadow and a vegetable garden, the proceeds of which are given to local charities. In the last few years we have followed the ‘Don’t Mow, Let it Grow’ concept which has seen carpets of Clover, Dandelion, Selfheal, amongst others, appear all over our site. Recently we have had Winter & Summer bird surveys conducted so we can take actions to welcome more of our feathered friends visiting from near and far.
Servier – protecting our Patients, our People and our Planet.
The following is a list of the 1,600 trees planted at this site.
Glimpses of Location where trees are planted
