Millennium trees - have you ever hugged yours?

Firetrap

Website blurb

As part of the millennium (year 2000) celebrations in Ireland, over 1500 acres of native woodland were designated as "People's Millennium Forests"...As part of the celebrations, a native tree was planted free of charge on behalf of each household in Ireland. A certificate was also posted to each home giving details about where each household's tree is planted. A total of 1.2 million native trees were planted as part of the celebrations.

Question is - have you gone to visit your tree? Does anyone know if these forests do exist or did someone just make it up?

Karoma

I've never liked trees since they killed JFK.

Local-womanizer

I remember hearing about this at the time.I was only 10 yr of age though and dident have much interest in trees.

brianthebard

I don't remember no certificate.

javaboy

I keep my non-existant cert right next to my iodine tablet that never arrived.

Shacklebolt

I recall Dara O Brian asking why he couldnt plant the tree in his own garden, sit under it, and write poetry.

Senna

Mine had to be cut down after it got infested by millennium bugs.

SV

javaboy wrote: »

I keep my non-existant cert right next to my iodine tablet that never arrived.

We got about 20.

Zwillinge

Haha yes!

One Sunday lasy year, I was cleaning out the sitting room and opened a tiny press and found lots of old photographs and the envelope with the certificate within. It was nestled next to the Millenium candle we all got :P

Envelope in hand, I nudged the OH into going on a hunt for it. We got to the park and followed the instructions, thinking we had a great treasure hunt in store for us... the signs were all faded and X didn't mark the spot. Where my family tree shoulda been there was a faded signpost :rolleyes:

Either way, the park exists, my family doesn't

phasers

Tree me hole, Can I cut mine down for firewood?

Local-womanizer

phasers wrote: »

Tree me hole, Can I cut mine down for firewood?

If you do all the computers crash,I think

chasm

javaboy wrote: »

I keep my non-existant cert right next to my iodine tablet that never arrived.

Same as me!! and what's this, did someone say we got candles as well? Flippin postmen bring me nothing!

AlmightyCushion

chasm wrote: »

Same as me!! and what's this, did someone say we got candles as well? Flippin postmen bring me nothing!

I bet the postman stole them. The bastard is living the dream with his hundreds of candles and hundreds of certificates and people in the world having to make do with none. Makes me sick!

monkeyfudge

I have the candle... and I even have a print out from the failed millenium clock. But never recieved the tree certificate.

S.I.R

mine died many years ago.

giggsy664

Shacklebolt wrote: »

I recall Dara O Brian asking why he couldnt plant the tree in his own garden, sit under it, and invent gravity.

FYP

chasm

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

I bet the postman stole them. The bastard is living the dream with his hundreds of candles and hundreds of certificates and people in the world having to make do with none. Makes me sick!

Hmmm, probably stuck 'em on ebay and some wannabe paddy probably paid thousands for my tree, to have a bit of "Home":)

galwayrush

I have to wait another 26 years to cut mine down and make some furniture from it.;)

JerryHandbag

I see that mine is somewhere in Galway...how does one recognise their tree?
I would imagine whoever planted the trees then carefully carved all of our names, credentials and life-sized portraits into the bark?

If not then they'd better get to it

dr.bollocko

I ain't no goddamn tree hugger.