Foróige Time Travel Gardens
L
ast September at the National
Ploughing Championships in
Ratheniska in County Laois saw
not only an array of farming
machinery, stalls, cooking
demonstrations and workshops but also the
creation of a ‘Foróige Time Travel Garden’
which saw four of the afforementioned clubs
from Clare, Cork, Galway and Laois with the
help of Diarmuid Gavin and his team create
four gardens under the title of ‘Time Travel’
using plants and flowers from Aldi and once
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“Foróige is the leading youth
organisation in Ireland and has
been working with young people
since 1952.”
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the championships were over they were
each transported back to their communities
to remain testament to their hard work and
creativity.
Foróige is the leading youth organisation
in Ireland and has been working with young
people since 1952. Our vision is an Ireland
that believes in every young person. Their
purpose is to enable young people to involve
themselves consciously and actively in their
development and in the development of
society.
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