NI Water has officially unveiled the names of its nine newly tree planted areas at the reservoir after local pupils got creative in a naming and poster art competition.
Woodlawn Primary School was selected as the overall poster competition winner and the school officially named one of NI Water’s planted areas ‘Wonderful Woodland.’
Participating schools in the naming competition also included St Nicholas’ Primary School, Carrickfergus Model Primary School, Oakfield Primary School, Central Integrated Primary School, Woodburn Primary School and Sunnylands Primary School.
To thank them for participating in the NI Water competition, each school received two trees to plant within their school grounds courtesy of The Woodland Trust Northern Ireland.
The competition was launched by NI Water as part of its celebrations announcing that its ambitious plans to plant 1 million trees across Northern Ireland by 2030 have almost
reached the halfway mark.
Around 250,000 trees were put in the ground at Woodburn reservoir, Carrickfergus, which doubled the amount of trees planted by NI Water since last summer and made it the biggest woodland creation site in Northern Ireland for three decades.
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Representative and pupils from Woodburn Primary School with (L-R) Matt Huddlestone, Senior Outreach Manager for the Woodland Trust Northern Ireland; Anna Killen, Education Officer, NI Water; Michael Bell, Project Support Officer, NI Water and Mayor Ald Beth Adger MBE, Mid and East Antrim Borough Council. Photo: NI Water
6. Planting milestone
Jo Aston, Chair at NI Water; Matt Huddlestone, Senior Outreach Manager for the Woodland Trust Northern Ireland; DAERA Minister, Andrew Muir and Dr Sara Venning, CEO NI Water with local school children from Oakfield Primary School; Carrickfergus Model Primary School; Sunnylands Primary School; St Nicholas’ Primary School and Woodburn Primary School. Photo: NI Water
7. Planting milestone
Mayor Ald Beth Adger MBE, Mid and East Antrim Borough Council; Catherine Higgins, Programme Manager, NI Water; Jo Aston, Chair at NI Water; Matt Huddlestone, Senior Outreach Manager for the Woodland Trust Northern Ireland; DAERA Minister, Andrew Muir; John Joe O’Boyle, Forest Service Chief Executive and Dr Sara Venning, CEO NI Water. Photo: NI Water
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(Back row): Matt Huddlestone, Senior Outreach Manager for the Woodland Trust Northern Ireland; Michael Bell, Project Support Officer, NI Water; Susan Lynn, Tree and Woodland Officer, Mid and East Antrim Council; Catherine Higgins, Programme Manager, NI Water; Damien O’Mullan, Head of Energy, NI Water and Anna Killen, Education Officer, NI Water. (Middle row): Mayor Ald Beth Adger MBE, Mid and East Antrim Borough Council with local schoolchildren from Oakfield Primary School; Carrickfergus Model Primary School; Sunnylands Primary School; St Nicholas’ Primary School; Woodburn Primary School. Photo: NI Water