Food Forests Ireland - Community Food Forest Programme
Circular by Nature, our Community Food Forest Programme empowers neighbourhoods through edible planting workshops in public spaces. Together, we design and plant food forests that build local food resilience and regenerate ecosystems.
Trialled between 2018 and 2025 on both the western and eastern seaboards the Community Food Forest Programme was refined in 2025 as part of the award-winning Westport Food Forest pilot programme and is now being scaled up and transferred to the wider island of Ireland through the Infrastructure Enabled Edible Landscape ( IEEL) and through European networks.
FFI's Community Education Programme provides a “Call To Action” for groups, promoting the use of sustainable practices to create vibrant spaces that strengthen local food systems, enhance biodiversity, and promote long-term environmental stewardship.
Community News & Stories
Photos below are from the Infrastructure Enabled Edible Landscape (IEEL) rollout along the Great Western Greenway. FFI co-ordinators Taragh Cosgrove and Una Donoghue help local groups to design and plant their own food forests, teaching groups about food system resilience and in the process transforming public spaces into thriving edible landscapes.
FFI's Infrastructure-Enabled Edible Landscape Concept
Working with schools and community groups to plant food forests along the Great Western Greenway.
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