Tom Jordan, co-founder of Cork environmental organisation Trees Please, studied history in UCC and worked many jobs while living in Cork city for 18 years. A self-taught musician, he plays with Cork folk ensemble Blind Poets and eagerly anticipates the return of live gigs. In the meantime, you may find him in the woodshed, learning about bees or tending his garden and tree nursery near Dunmanway. To see our goal of ‘more trees’ realised we soon agreed that a lot of people starting small nurseries, growing local seeds and rejuvenating the local environment would be the best solution. And that is how our environmental action group, Trees Please, came to be. Our role is to facilitate people who want to plant trees. We are not ourselves experts, but we have organised woodland walks and foraging expeditions with native woodland specialists, including heritage officer Ted Cook, who cares for many of Munster's ancient trees including the Muskerry Oak and has also fostered many young forests around Macroom. Ecologist Daniel Buckley gave us a terrific tour of Currabinny woods near Carrigaline during the easing of Covid restrictions last summer, while Mike Collard, who founded Future Forests nursery in Kealkill, brought a group of Trees Please enthusiasts on a terrific tour just before Covid struck in January 2020. By providing this point of contact Trees Please has become a touchstone for many people who wanted to grow trees but didn't know how. We encourage all types of tree planting, from windowsill nurseries to larger-scale planting. Trees please also collaborate with Green Spaces for Health, Green Spine Gurranabraher and Churchfield ,St Mary's Health Campus and Friends of the Glen as well as other Community groups. To find out more about Tom's vision visit: https://tripeanddrisheen.substack.com/p/our-cork-2040-cork-could-be-a-wonderful Or find out more on Trees please at: https://m.facebook.com/planttreescork/