About Kennedy Oaks
Deirdre Kennedy is Irish and has lived for many years in Norway, Australia and India. She is a qualified horticulturalist and loves nature and growing plants since childhood.
In recent years, she has been collecting acorns and growing thousands of native Irish oaks. When planting trees, she is professional and takes the approach with longevity and tree health in mind.
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Ireland is one of the least-forested countries in Europe. Place names all over the country reveal that Oak once covered the land: Doire, derry, dara etc.
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Native Irish Oak, in particular are versatile and strong. They can withstand the winds of the wild Atlantic and thrive in most soil types. Deirdre has seen oak trees growing on the coast in Connemara and Mayo and old stumps of oak that grew right beside the sea many years ago.
