Hometree
Ennistymon, County Clare, Ireland 路 Nonprofit 路 National 路 since 2015
Restoring Ireland's Wild Atlantic Rainforest through native woodland creation, nurseries and community
About
Hometree is a nature restoration charity founded in 2015 by Matt Smith, Mitch Corbett and Fergal Smith on a farm at Deerpark, Ennistymon, County Clare. Volunteer-run until 2021, it now has 26 staff and owns 518 acres across sites in Clare, Kerry, Sligo, Wicklow and Connemara, including the 280-acre Cnoc谩n B谩n site that anchors its Wild Atlantic Rainforest Project to restore temperate rainforest along the west coast. It grows native trees from seed in its own nursery, planted nearly 150,000 native trees in 2025, works with farmers and landowners through land partnerships and the Iveragh Woodlands EIP, and hosts twice-monthly volunteer days, summer schools and the Dinnseanchas arts programme.
What they run
Land acquisition and restoration of temperate rainforest habitat along Ireland's west coast, starting with the 280-acre Cnoc谩n B谩n site in Connemara; goal of about 4,000 acres across eight sites.
Nursery at the Ennistymon HQ growing native trees from locally collected seed, including 20 species not grown commercially.
Work with farmers and landowners to protect and create native woodland on their land, including the Iveragh Woodlands European Innovation Partnership in County Kerry.
The numbers
| Metric | Year | Value | Program | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funds raised (USD) | 2025 | 2,261,100 | Organization-wide | Estimated | sourceAnnual Report 2025: 'raised EUR 2,026,245'; financial review says gross income reached approximately EUR 2 million, up 42% on 2024 (EUR 1,428,659). Converted at 1 EUR = 1.1159 USD (open.er-api.com, 7 Nov 2026). |
| Hectares restoredto date | 2025 | 614 | Organization-wide | Estimated | sourceAnnual Report 2025: '1,518 Acres put into restoration management plans' (518 acres in charity ownership plus 1,000 acres in restoration via land partnerships). 1,518 acres = 614 ha (x0.4047). The 2024 report gave 175 hectares in charity ownership and care. |
| Seedlings produced | 2025 | 60,000 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceAnnual Report 2025 Nature Stats: 'native trees grown from seed 60,000'. |
| Trees planted | 2024 | 35,000 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceHometree Annual Report 2024 key figures: 'Native trees planted 35,000'. |
| Trees planted | 2025 | 150,000 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceHometree Annual Report & Accounts 2025, 'Hometree's 2025 Nature Stats': 'total native trees planted 150,000'; text: 'In 2025, Hometree planted nearly 150,000 native trees across Ireland, its largest planting season to date.' PDF from the Annual Reports folder linked on hometree.ie. |
| Volunteers engaged | 2024 | 900 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceAnnual Report 2024 key figures: 'Corporate Volunteers 900'. Counts corporate volunteers only; regular community volunteer days are not totalled. |
How they report
What earned it
- 10/20 Publishes annual tree figures: 2 years of annual figures on record (5 points each, up to 4 years)
- 15/15 Figures are recent: Latest annual figure is for 2025
- 10/10 Every figure has a public source: 6 of 6 figures link to a source
- 15/15 Publishes financials or cost per tree: Revenue or cost-per-tree figure on record
- 0/15 Reports survival or monitoring: No survival or monitoring figure
- 0/10 Independently verified figure: All figures are the organization's own
- 4/10 Breaks figures down by program: Programs named, figures not broken out
- 5/5 Reports volunteers or events: Volunteer figures on record
- Latest annual figure
- 150,000 trees in 2025 (+329% on the year before)
- Trees per volunteer
- 38.9 in 2024
- Dollars raised per tree
- $15 in 2025
- Compare
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Upcoming events
- Volunteer DayRegisterSat, Nov 21, 2026, 10:00 AM GMT 路 Volunteer planting 路 Ennistymon
- Volunteer DayRegisterSat, Dec 5, 2026, 10:00 AM GMT 路 Volunteer planting 路 Ennistymon
- Volunteer DayRegisterSat, Jan 16, 2027, 10:00 AM GMT 路 Volunteer planting 路 Ennistymon