#Lough Boora Discovery Park

[wetlandsday]

IRELAND - Book Launch by The Heritage Council.

A different event at a very cool place in celebration of World Wetlands Day. The Heritage Council are launching the 2nd edition of ‘A Guide to the Habitats of Ireland’, at Lough Boora Discovery Park, Offaly from 10:00 on the 2nd of February, there will be an official launch, followed by a walk ‘n talk down to the bird hides. All welcome. Please meet up at 10:00 at the car park and join the assembled crowd to celebrate the launch of this important book and take in the sights and sounds of the lovely Lough Boora!

Country : Ireland Organizer : The Heritage Council/NPWS/Irish Ramsar Wetlands Committee Partners : The Heritage Council/NPWS

[abwwia]

Rachael Champion, Carbon Flux, 2017 Site-specific installation made in collaboration with Caitriona Devery and the Pullough Heritage Community Group Turraun Wetland, Lough Boora Discovery Park, Offaly, Ireland Polycarbonate domes, corrugated metal sheeting, timber, plywood, fasteners, exterior paint, digital collage printed on billboard paper

[madartlab]

Mad Quickies: a Plentiful film, a boggy sculpture garden, cell-to-newt and more!

Mad Quickies: a Plentiful film, a boggy sculpture garden, cell-to-newt and more!

Greetings, friends! I’ve got some excellent Quickies for you so let’s jump right in!

At the pinnacle of the heap of this planet’s urgencies is climate emergency, something you and I fret about constantly. As distressing as the topic is, I’m pleased to see that plastics and micro-plastics are in the news.

I found it deeply interesting that Jodeb (Jonathan Desbiens), the director of the nine-minute…

[ramzoozi]

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[sweeneylandscapedesign]

Earth and Sky found in Lough Boora Sculpture Park near my homeplace #bog, #bogoak #naturallandscape #irishlandscape #nature #alfiobonanno #loughboorasculpturespark (at Lough Boora Discovery Park)

[amytothek]

Sunset through a Skycrane

Lough Boora Discovery Park, Offaly, Ireland

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Some of the images that I took of the Lough Boora Discovery park recently as research for my project. All of the sculptures are created on the bog buy recycled materials from the bord na mona plant. 

[takeahikeie]

Lough Boora Discovery Park

Transformed from its previous incarnation as a commercial bog where peat was harvested to heat homes around the country, today Lough Boora Discovery Park is home to countless species of birds and wildlife, fish-filled lakes and a permanent exhibition of huge outdoor sculptures. These sculptures give the park an other-worldly feel, created using the old industrial materials of the bog such as locomotives, rail-line and … from Lough Boora Discovery Park