Join us in West Clare for one of only two Hometree Experience Weeks in 2026!

This is an invitation to connect with the leading edge of nature restoration and the ancient roots of Ireland's natural habitats. 

Hometree’s Experience Week is an immersive journey into Ireland’s native woodlands - a week of hands-on learning, deep conversation, shared meals, and meaningful connection with people and place. You will spend your days working in our tree nursery and out on restoration sites, guided by experienced facilitators. Alongside this practical work, there is time to explore nature, learn together, and live simply in community with others drawn to this work. 

This is an active, grounded, hopeful response to the ecological challenges of our time.

What to Expect:

• Get Your Hands in the Soil: Spend your days learning by doing. Work in our native tree nursery and restoration sites, gaining practical experience in how to grow, plant, and care for Ireland’s native trees. You’ll understand what true habitat restoration looks like - not in theory, but in practice. By the end of the week, you’ll have developed real skills and a deeper understanding of how to grow, plant and care for native trees.

• Learn from the Landscape: Join expert-led walks through native woodlands and restoration sites. Explore the ecology, biodiversity, and layered history of Ireland’s landscape - and the complex challenges it faces today. This will deepen your understanding of the history of Ireland’s landscape, the complex challenges facing habitat restoration today, and the solutions we’re putting into action.

• Deep Adaptation with Matt Smith: Take part in a powerful workshop with Hometree CEO Matt Smith, exploring resilience, regeneration, and how we respond meaningfully to climate and ecological and climate crises. This is space for honest conversation - about grief, hope, responsibility, and action. It’s not just about restoring forests. It’s about restoring ourselves as part of the living world.

• Film & Conversation: Nature restoration involves radical collaboration and creativity. We’ll screen Dinnseanchas, Hometree’s short film exploring landscape and spirit of place. This is followed by a facilitated Q&A on the themes and issues it raises, providing an opportunity to reflect on nature restoration and landscape change through culture, story, creativity and community.

• Shared meals & Connection: Camping together, sharing meals, and working the land side by side is a powerful way to build community. Each day begins and ends around the table, with nourishing vegetarian breakfasts and lunches provided. Add in sea swims, evening trips to the pub, conversations around the campfire, and you have the makings of lasting connections.

• Perspective & Capacity: Time spent immersed in nature changes you. As you leave, you’ll carry with you a renewed connection to the land and Ireland’s woodlands - and a renewed sense of agency about your role in their future.

• Who Should Attend? 
  All of our workshops are designed to deepen your connection with nature and build your understanding of Ireland’s native trees and woodlands. This week is open to anyone curious about nature restoration in Ireland. No prior experience is required.

Whether you are a professional ecologist, someone beginning to reconnect with nature, or anywhere in between, you will find something meaningful here. The pace of the week is self-directed, with opportunities to engage deeply in the work or to slow down and reflect.