A Gift from America, Growing in Ireland: Remembering the Auld Sod
There is something very special happening along Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way.
From across the Atlantic, people in the United States are choosing to plant native Irish trees with Cloudforests to celebrate birthdays, remember loved ones and honour their family's connection to Ireland.
And some of the messages we receive with these gifts say it better than we ever could.
“A little piece of the auld sod.”
“Something growing in Ireland for you.”
“A tree on the Wild Atlantic Way in memory of someone who never forgot home.”
For Irish Americans, Ireland can remain much more than somewhere their family once came from. It can be part of their identity, their stories and the memories passed from one generation to the next.
A Cloudforests Gift Tree gives that connection somewhere to grow.
Plant a Native Irish Tree for Someone You Love
Through the Cloudforests online shop, anyone in the United States — or anywhere in the world — can purchase a Gift Tree in Ireland.
The tree contributes directly to the creation and restoration of native Irish woodland at our Cloudforest sites on Ireland's west coast.
It can be given:
🎂 For a birthday
💚 In memory of a loved one
🇮🇪 To celebrate Irish ancestry
🌳 For an anniversary or family occasion
☘️ As a gift for someone who simply loves Ireland
Rather than sending something that may eventually be forgotten, you're helping to create something living.
A native tree. In Ireland. Growing for generations.
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From America to the Wild Atlantic Way
We particularly love seeing orders arrive from the United States.
For generations, Irish families left these shores and created new lives in New York, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco and communities right across America.
Yet the connection to Ireland often remained.
The stories.
The family names.
The places grandparents talked about.
The music.
The visits home.
And, of course, the auld sod.
Planting a native Irish tree can be a simple way of making that connection tangible again.
Somewhere on Ireland's Atlantic coast, among the wind and rain, birds and wildflowers, a new woodland is growing — and your family can become part of its story.
A Beautiful Irish Memorial Gift
Some of the most meaningful Gift Trees we create are planted in memory of someone who has passed away.
For Irish-American families, this can be particularly poignant.
A parent or grandparent may have been born in Ireland. Perhaps they emigrated many years ago. Perhaps Ireland was somewhere they returned to whenever they could.
Or perhaps their descendants simply want to recognise the Irish heritage that person passed on to their family.
A tree planted in their honour creates a living memorial back in Ireland.
Not a plaque on a shelf.
Not something that disappears.
Something alive, growing on Irish soil.
A Birthday Gift with Irish Roots
Gift Trees are also becoming a wonderful alternative Irish birthday gift for people living in America.
Imagine opening your birthday email and discovering that someone has planted a native tree for you on Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way.
It's unexpected.
It's personal.
And for someone proud of their Irish heritage, it carries a meaning that an ordinary present simply cannot.
The message can be as simple as:
“Happy Birthday. There's now something growing for you on the auld sod.”
We think that's a pretty special gift.
Your Personalised Digital Gift Tree Certificate
Every Gift Tree comes with a beautifully designed personalised digital certificate that can be sent anywhere in the world.
Your certificate records the dedication and connects the recipient with the woodland their gift is helping to create.
For memorial gifts, the certificate can recognise the person being remembered and the person or family making the dedication.
Because the certificates are digital, an Irish Gift Tree can be purchased from America and gifted without waiting for international postage.
The tree may be growing thousands of miles away — but the connection to Ireland can arrive almost instantly.
Become a Cloudforester
There's another part to every tree purchased with us.
You're not simply buying a tree.
You're becoming a Cloudforester.
Cloudforesters are people helping us restore and create native Irish woodlands for biodiversity, wildlife, carbon capture and future generations.
Our Cloudforest sites are being developed along Ireland's west coast, including locations in County Clare and along the Wild Atlantic Way.
Each individual tree becomes part of something much bigger: new areas of native Irish woodland that can continue growing long into the future.
Give Someone a Little Piece of Ireland
If someone you love talks about Ireland, remembers Ireland or simply feels that connection to where their family came from, give them something different.
Plant something here for them.
For their birthday.
For an anniversary.
For the person they remember.
For the grandparents who left Ireland generations ago.
Or simply because somewhere deep down, the auld sod still feels like home.
🌳 Plant a native Irish tree.
☘️ Give someone a connection to Ireland.
💚 Become a Cloudforester.
Plant a Gift Tree on the Wild Atlantic Way →
Cloudforests — creating and restoring native Irish woodland, one tree at a time.
