Jason's Story

The 17th October 2002 was National Tree day.
We went to St. John's Wood with Catherine Hannon from Dúchas.
Naos's father Joe was at St. John's Wood as well.
We identified some of the trees in St. John's Wood.
St Johns Wood is now part of Lough Ree Special Area of Conservation (S.A.C.) and is protected under the European Habitats Directive. It is also a nature reserve.
St John’s Wood is situated on the western shore of Lough Ree.
It occupies some 150 hectares on a headland jutting into Lough Ree.
It is bounded by the lake to the East,North and North-West.
The South East is bordered by farm land, and on the South-West by a large open wetland.
The soil is lime rich. Over most of the wood the bed rock is close to the surface.
The soil is mostly shallow and well drained.
The most common trees are Pedunculate Oak,Ash, Wych Elm,Hazel and Holly.
When we came back to school we made a mould using twigs,leaves and nuts.
We compiled all the information we had gathered into a powerpoint presentation