Lenamore Woodland is a very special project, created with the help of Aviva and Ulster Wildlife Trust, successfully funded by the Forest Service Forest Expansion Scheme, and planted by IndiWoods in winter 2026, to extend an ancient oak woodland and create an Atlantic rainforest with public access.
Almost 30,000 native Irish trees were planted across a 16 ha site on the edge of Gortin Glen in the South Sperrins, Co Tyrone, with meandering paths to incorporate public access and a small car park. The views from the car park and top fields are amazing, and there is a network of paths throughout to walk and enjoy. Tree shelters will provide protection to the trees in the early years of establishment and will then be removed and recycled into additional guards once the trees are old enough. The new woodland will offer huge potential to increase habitat and biodiversity in the area, linking directly to ancient woodland.
There was an open day on April 26, which was attended by Chief Executive of the Forest Service John Joe O’Boyle, Ulster Wildlife’s Peter McEvoy, Agricultural Minister Andrew Muir and Carolyn Trimble of IndiWoods.
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