Pocket Forests Clg

Name

Pocket Forests Clg

Legal name

Pocket Forests CLG

Website

https://pocketforests.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Pocket Forests CLG is an Irish non-profit that creates community-led urban pocket forests using native Irish trees and proprietary soil regeneration methods. It serves schools, community groups, and corporations through workshops, corporate packages, and direct partnership projects across Ireland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Urban Forestry and Environmental Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Forestry (1153), Support Activities for Forestry (115310), Landscaping Services (561730)

SIC

Forestry (800)

akta.pro primary industry

Urban & Community Reforestation / Street Tree Planting (AFAMACAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Tree Planting & Establishment Services (Manual/Mechanized) (AFAMACAE), Community Forestry & Indigenous Land Stewardship Services (IMAMAJAM), Ecosystem Services & Natural Capital Programs (Water, Biodiversity Credits, PES) (IMAMAJAK)

Keywords

• Urban afforestation services
• Native tree planting
• Corporate sustainability workshops
• Community environmental projects
• Soil regeneration programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Dublin

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Corporate Packages: Companies engage Pocket Forests to create Pocket Forests on their campuses for employee wellbeing and environmental awareness. Packages include Lunch and Learn presentations, workshop programmes, and sponsorship of community forests.
2. Community Projects: Collaboration with schools, community groups, and local organizations to establish Pocket Forests in public spaces. Revenue generated through project fees and material costs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Pocket Forests designs, plants and supports urban pocket forests of native Irish trees and shrubs for schools, businesses and community groups across Ireland. The service combines a proprietary soil regeneration approach using repurposed waste materials with hands-on community planting workshops. Corporate clients can purchase tailored packages including Lunch and Learn presentations, on-site campus forest creation, and sponsored community forests.

Product overview

Pocket Forests Clg operates as a community-focused environmental organization offering a single unified service approach called Pocket Forests, combined with structured corporate packages. The core Pocket Forests service is a methodology for creating pockets of native trees and shrubs in urban spaces around Ireland, supported by Community Growing and Nature Reconnection pillars. The Corporate Packages extend the core offering with paid services including Lunch and Learn presentations, campus forest creation workshops, and community sponsorship programmes. All offerings center on environmental integrity, planting Irish-grown native saplings, and regenerating soil by repurposing waste materials.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pocket Forests A service for towns and cities across Ireland that designs, plants and supports pockets of native Irish trees and shrubs, regenerating urban soil by repurposing waste materials and creating wildlife habitat and climate resilience. Targeted at schools, businesses and community groups.
• Corporate Packages Customised service bundle for companies that connects employees with communities through Pocket Forest projects, creates on-site wellbeing spaces and provides team-building opportunities. Combines Lunch and Learn presentations, campus forest creation workshops and community forest sponsorship.
• Lunch and Learn A presentation delivered to corporate staff during their lunch break covering biodiversity, native trees and community Pocket Forest projects. Available to companies as a standalone engagement.
• Create a Pocket Forest on your Campus A three-step workshop programme tailored to staff that creates a lasting biodiverse habitat on a business campus, including soil preparation, planting and ongoing care.
• Sponsor a Pocket Forest A corporate sponsorship programme in which companies fund the creation of a Pocket Forest in their local community, supporting biodiversity and community engagement on behalf of the sponsoring business.

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• StrykercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Medical device multinational Stryker partnered with Pocket Forests in 2022 to plant a Pocket Forest at Bishopstown Community College in County Cork. Stryker staff worked alongside the Pocket Forests team and students to prepare soil in February 2022 and later planted 150 native Irish trees and shrubs. This corporate social responsibility project demonstrates Pocket Forests' ability to engage major multinationals in community environmental initiatives.
• DCC plccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPocket Forests collaborated with DCC plc to prepare soil and plant a Pocket Forest on their grounds in South Dublin. The 100 square metre forest was designed as two kidney shapes with a central circle for staff seating. DCC plc staff participated in hands-on soil preparation including adding microbes, cardboard from office refit, and woodchip. This partnership created a lasting employee wellness amenity on the corporate campus.
• University of GalwaycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity of Galway has a dedicated Pocket Forest project on campus, representing a higher education partnership for establishing native tree habitats and environmental education opportunities.
• Bishopstown Community CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational institution partnership where Pocket Forests created a biodiverse habitat next to the school yard with 150 native Irish trees and shrubs, integrating environmental education with hands-on community participation.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• One Tree Planted: Global non-profit focused on reforestation through corporate partnerships and community engagement. Comparable in the corporate-sponsorship and community-tree-planting model, though at much larger scale.
• The Conservation Volunteers: UK charity delivering community-based practical conservation including tree planting, green-space creation, and corporate volunteering programmes. Comparable as a corporate-and-community environmental services provider.
• Eden Reforestation Projects: Large-scale global reforestation non-profit. Operates in a much wider geography and at industrial scale, but comparable as a community-partnered native-species planting organisation with corporate funding relationships.

Regional players

• Easy Treesie: Irish-origin initiative focused on planting native trees in communities and schools. Comparable niche (Ireland, schools, native species) and likely operates in overlapping geographies with Pocket Forests.

Emerging players

• Greenpop: South Africa-based organisation running urban greening, reforestation, and environmental education programmes with corporate involvement. Comparable in community-and-corporate-driven urban tree planting at a similar scale.
• Plant-for-the-Planet: Global youth-led tree planting and restoration initiative with corporate and education partnerships. Comparable mission and stakeholder mix (schools, corporates, community), though broader in scope.

Direct peers

• Trees For Cities: UK-based charity that plants urban trees and creates green spaces in cities, with corporate sponsorship and community engagement models closely mirroring Pocket Forests' approach in a neighbouring geography.
• SUGi: SUGi builds dense, biodiverse 'pocket forests' in urban areas globally using the Akira Miyawaki method — the closest conceptual and methodological peer to Pocket Forests. Both focus on small-scale, native-species urban forests with community participation.
• City of Trees: Greater Manchester partnership planting urban trees and woodlands through community and corporate engagement. Highly comparable as a city-focused urban forestry initiative with school and corporate programmes.
• IVN Natuur (Tiny Forest): Dutch organisation that pioneered the 'Tiny Forest' concept of small, dense urban native forests. Directly comparable to Pocket Forests in scale, planting philosophy, and target customer base (schools, corporates, municipalities).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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