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„Forests and Health” is the theme for the International Day of Forests 2023. For this reason, the Reykjavík Forestry Association is offering an educational walk through Kálfamói by Keldur in Grafarvogur, on Tuesday, March 21st, at 18:00, starting point in the parking lot near the main entrance.

Kálfamó is a remarkable forest in the urban area with rich and varied vegetation. The first trees were planted in 1947, when Jóhann Pálsson, who later became the city’s horticultural manager, used his vacation money to buy three sitka spruce plants. He was only 15 years old, but he would do well in the following decades. Over the years he added an astonishing array of different species of trees, shrubs, and other plants to make for a beautiful site. Kálfamói includes tall trees, ornate bushes, and beautiful plants of berries that please both people and birds.

The area of Keldur is being planned for a residential area and with a positive emphasis is on respecting and using the area’s natural quality for future development. Kálfamói is a resource for the future  people in the neighbourhood as the positive impact of green areas on public health is unambiguous.

The walk will be short and easy and everybody is welcome

For more information, see the Reykjavík Forestry Association’s website: www.heidmork.is.

To mark the International Day of Forests on Tuesday, March 21, the Borgarfjörður Forestry Association is planning to launch a series of concerts under the heading Evergreen Echo.

Tuesday night’s concert will be at the campfire area in Einkunnir, consisting of the sweet tones of the Boy’s choir Barabars. Hot cocoa on offer.

Evergreen forest groves have a special sound reflection, so the series is entitled: Evergreen Echo.  The aim is to hold a concert in the coniferous forests in Borgarfjörður once a month for the next year, with a a diverse group of musicians and each concert will be in the spirit of the season and season of that month.

There will be no fixed day a week or date a month, but each concert will be advertised individually and will be arranged as appropriate.

The aim is to have free concerts, but people can make voluntary contributions to the Borgarfjörður Forestry Association, which is organizing the concert and its setting, as well as being responsible for the general care of various forest plots in Borgarfjörður in the interests of public and public health.

Everybody welcome!

Take a deep breath and enjoy everything the forest has to offer.

The United Nations have declared March 21st as the International Day of Forests. The theme for the year 2023 is „Forests and health“.

For this reason the Icelandic Forestry Association and the Reykjavík Botanical Garden invite visitors to a forest yoga session in a beautiful grove in the Botanical Garden on Tuesday March 21st at 18:00, under the guidance of the yoga instructor Ragnheiður Ýr Grétarsdóttir.  After the forest yoga there will be tea on offer in the Gardens’ garden pavilion.

Meeting point at the entrance of the Botanical Garden at 18:00 on Tuesday March 21st.

Participation is free and everyone is welcome.

The Akranes Forestry Association will hold its annual General Meeting 2023 at Jónsbúð on March 20th, at 18:00.

The Hafnarfjörður Forestry Association will holds its annual General Meeting 2023 on Thursday, March 23rd, at 20:00-21:45 at Hafnarborg, Strandgata 34.

In addition to regular meeting activities Brynja Hrafnkelsdóttir, entomologist at the Icelandic Forest Service, will give a presentation „The main pests on trees and what to do about them“.

The Kópavogur Forestry Association holds its annual General Meeting 2023 at Leiðarendi 3 in Guðmundarlundur on Tuesday, March 21st starting at 19:30.

In addition to regular meeting activities the entomologist Guðmundur Halldórsson will give a presentation on Pests on trees.

See further on the Associations’ website – www.skogkop.is

The Garðabær Forestry Association holds its annual General Meeting 2023 on Monday, March 20th, starting at 20:00, at the Kirkjuhvoll congregation hall.

Programme:

• Regular meeting activities (annual report, accounts, elections etc.)
• Renewal of a collaboration contract with the Garðabær municipality
• Presentation – The delightful forest – by Kristinn H. Þorsteinsson, manager of the Kópavogur Forestry Association

See the Garðabær Forestry Association website – https://www.skoggb.is/adalfundur-skograektarfelags-gardabaejar-2023/

The Forest and Land Reclamation Association under Jökull will hold its annual general meeting on March 14, starting at 20:00. The meeting will be held in the cafeteria of KG fiskverkun in Rif.

The Icelandic Forestry Association and the Capital Area Planning Committee will host  an informative meeting on the Green Trail at the Arion Bank meeting room, Borgartún 19 in Reykjavík on Friday, March 3rd,  at 13 – 17.  

Everyone is welcome and admission is free. To register for the meeting e-mail skraning@skog.is. The registration deadline is March 1. The meeting will be streamed for those wishing to attend remotely at registration. A link will be sent prior to the meeting.   

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Learn all about how to prolong the life of your gardening tools at the Reykjavík Botanic Garden’s display greenhouse on Museum Night. The garden’s staff and friends from the Icelandic Forestry Association will teach you how to clean and sharpen your secateurs, spades, hoes and more.

The event will take place from 18:00-19:00 on February 3rd.

Admittance is free and all are welcome!