As a group of friends and neighbours living in the Balrath Woods area, our aim is to promote an appreciation of the environmental and social value of our woodlands and to protect this important part of our natural heritage for the future. A world without woods is a world without healing for the human spirit. More than ever, we must treasure the few old woods we have as sacred places.

Forests are complex ecosystems and important sources of biodiversity. A healthy woodland environment is made up of countless and varied plants and animals, which have adapted to each other and lived together over thousands of years. Large woods can contain up to 5000 species of plants and animals. The significance of fungi should never be underestimated.

Ecological and Scientific values are concerned with conserving rare and unusual flora and fauna, but all nature is rare.