Ripple Paradise Garden Tour
Date Sunday 08 October
Time 2 - 3pm
Location Ripple Paradise Garden – Greenhills Estate, Ballina Co. Mayo
Not fully accessible – some uneven paths and grass to cross to get to the garden
Link to location / View on Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/Dov2A7nCm7DX6Xyv8
Summary
Visit Greenhills’ Paradise Garden – a climate friendly intergenerational amenity space that was co-designed and built during the Ripple project funded by Creative Ireland.
This event is FREE and open to the public. There is no booking required, but places are limited and will operate on a first come first serve basis.
Event Organiser: UCD Centre for Irish Towns (https://www.ucd.ie/cfit/)
About
Public green spaces, common in housing estates throughout Ireland, represent a significant untapped resource for climate action, through their potential transformation as water resilient, productive and socially cohesive public spaces.
Ripple was one of fifteen projects supported by the first Creative Ireland Climate Action Call. UCD Centre for Irish Towns was the lead applicant in collaboration with Ballina Green Towns, artist Ríonach Ní Néill, and a local community in Greenhills Estate, Ballina.
In this session we invite you to visit Greenhills' Paradise Garden - the climate friendly intergenerational amenity space that was co-designed and built during the Ripple project. It is a haven for wildlife, provides nature based play, and crucially slows rainwater through a series of rills, wells and natural attenuation features on its way to the river.