An Irish Ecology Project

An Irish Ecology Project

Welcome to
An Tairseach

We are an Irish ecology project working to heal and restore Earth’s life support systems! Explore the kinship between ecology and spirituality through our year-round retreats, workshops, or a visit to our Organic Farm Shop.

Visit Us

For over twenty years, our hilltop organic farm in Wicklow Town has produced chemical-free food and provided a safe-haven for wildlife. The hives are humming, and our native and planted woodlands continue to flourish under the stewardship of our organic farmers, gardeners and eco-volunteers.

What We Do

Programme

9:30 am
Residential booking-open

The Gardened Soul

With David White

Human beings often get it wrong.  For example, we like to think we are always in charge; always in control; always the ones to end up on top.  The spirituality of gardening challenges this misguided nonsense, roots us deeper in the ground of our being and makes clear the interconnectedness of everything that exists within our inner and outer worlds. This lens also shows us that the garden cultivates us more than the other way around.  This becomes all the more apparent, when we accept gardening as an embodied contemplative practice as we are led into an experience of more, whatever that might mean for an individual. The garden leads to more as it cultivates us.

10:00 am - 1:00 pm
In Person Workshop booking-open

Natural Dyeing & Stamping

With Moira Byrne & Lorna Lafferty

Learn to dye cotton using simple natural materials that can be found in our rich Autumnal harvest. As your dyed patterns take shape, you’ll be invited to explore a stamping practise.

9:30 am
Residential booking-open

The Wisdom of Flowers Through Seasons

With Brid Kennedy

Join us as we explore the Divine-human transformation that happens when we appreciate flowers. Taking precious moments to consider and contemplate them in depth, enriches our souls, as it reminds us of who we are as humans and to care for Mother Earth

We were at a threshold 
[‘An Tairseach’] 
or crossroads as a human community, between an old world view and an emerging world view.

Sr Marian, Founder An Tairseach

Explore An Tairseach

Explore An Tairseach

Check out our special biodiversity conservation areas!

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Origin Story

Origin Story

An Tairsesach was originally founded by a group of trail-blazing Dominican Sisters, who transformed 70-acres of convent land into an organic farm and a welcoming place for eco-education, reflection and study.

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We

Together Heal
Our Living

Earth

10-acres conserved for farm walks and field studies

Our 70-acre
farm was awarded an organic cert
in 2006!

Dunbur Wood grows with our donor tree funding scheme

Our 8 happy hives produce the sweetest organic honey

12,000 trees planted in our conservation area to date!

Our smallholding is home to carefully raised cattle

We
Cultivate 
The Garden 
Of The Mind

STEP INSIDE

Earth Repair

Ireland is one of the most deforested countries on the planet! We’re dedicated to restoring the richness of Irish biodiversity without using herbicides, pesticides and fertilisers.

Read Our Stories

Eco Shopping

We have JUST GROWN organic-certified food! If you live locally, we can home deliver an Organic Food Box or click & collect in our Organic Farm Shop.

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Eco-Agency

Transform your eco-anxiety to eco-agency! Step inside the natural world here at An Tairseach and support a save-your--environment project

Take Action

Ecology Centre: +353 (0)404 61833
Organic Farm: +353 (0)404 61914

info@antearsach.ie

Kilmantin Hill, Wicklow Town,
Ireland A67 YX26

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