Ferns Tidy Towns

31/10/2026

🦔🦔 One of our volunteers found this little hedgehog yesterday on a roadside grass verge in the middle of the day.

He was young, very weak, covered in fleas and ticks and may have been hit by a car. While waiting for advice from Kildare Wildlife Rescue, our volunteer carefully removed all the visible ticks.

After speaking with Kildare Wildlife Rescue, it was clear he needed urgent veterinary care. Our volunteer made him a cosy bed with a hot water bottle for the long drive to Kildare.

He is now in the wildlife hospital getting intensive care and we hope to have an update later today. Fingers crossed he is doing better.

Hedgehogs are now listed as Near Threatened. You can help them at home by:

🍂 Leaving a corner of your garden a little wild and untidy for shelter
🚫 Not using pesticides or slug pellets
💧 Leaving out a shallow bowl of fresh water

30/10/2026

♻️ Great News for Recycling in Ferns! ♻️

We’re delighted to see the brand NEW Bulk-Feed Re-turn machine is now up and running at Centra Ferns!

No more feeding bottles and cans in one by one - you can now just pour them straight in. Faster, easier and a great step forward.

Why it matters:
💚 Every bottle and can returned is one less littering our roadsides, hedgerows and green areas

💚 It keeps valuable materials in use and out of landfill

💚 It keeps Ferns cleaner and greener for everyone

💚 Small actions make a big difference. Well done to Centra Ferns for making recycling easier for our whole community - let’s all get behind it!

Re-turn

30/10/2026

Just a reminder to the litter bugs who continue to dispose of their household rubbish illegally.

🚮 The fixed payment litter fine will increase from €150 to €250 from 1st September 2026.

🚯 The increase follows a change to Section 28 of the Litter Pollution Act 1997, provided for through the commencement of Section 26 of the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2026, applicable nationally.

♻️ Ferns Tidy Towns encourages everyone to dispose of litter responsibly and to help keep our streets, approach roads and public spaces clean and litter free.
Wexford County Council

29/10/2026

So generous 💚 Free cooking apples available at Kinbark Nurseries.

29/10/2026

🥉 The 7 Musketeers out celebrating! 🥂

7 of our Tidy Towns volunteers out lunching today celebrating our Bronze medal win at the National TidyTowns Awards!

One village, one team, one amazing result - and this is what it's all about. Hard work, good company and making a real difference in Ferns. 💚

All for one and one for all!

27/10/2026

Pollinators like wild bees need nectar and pollen for energy and protein. Tree flowers can provide both, often when other food is scarce in spring and early summer. 🐝 🦋 🌳🌱🌺

Planting trees is a great way to create ‘wildlife corridors.Bumblebees tend to forage up to 1km from their
nest, and solitary bees only forage within a few hundred metres. The more connected their habitats are,
the easier it is for them to find the resources they need.

Remember the 3 golden rule when planting trees: Right tree, right place, right space. Check out the information attached and find out what trees are best to plant.

27/10/2026

Little dog found wandering along the main Enniscorthy road near the Centre of Excellence. Safe with finder. If you recognise it please get in touch and we’ll put you in contact with the finder.

25/10/2026

Some spooktacular prizes to be won at Centra Ferns. 👻🎃💀 Pick up your Halloween colouring sheet today, get creative and post your entry in store for chance to win 👻🎃💀

Halloween Fun for Kids at Centra Ferns! 🎃
Don’t forget to enter our Halloween Colouring Competition! Pick up your colouring sheet at Centra Ferns, get creative, and drop off your entry for a chance to win a prize! 🎃👻

25/10/2026

Go Green This Halloween! 🎃♻️
♻️Choose reusable decorations, shop local, compost your pumpkin leftovers, recycle where possible and consider walking to Halloween events. Small changes can make a big difference for the environment
🎃Have a spooktacular Halloween 🎃👻💀

25/10/2026

Don't let your broken Halloween decorations come back to haunt you! 👻🎃

From spooky lights and glowing pumpkins to battery-powered decorations, plenty of our Halloween favourites contain electrical components.

But when they stop working, they shouldn't end up in the household bin or be packed away and forgotten for another year!

♻️ Never bin batteries or electricals. Anything with a plug, cable or battery can be recycled for FREE at a designated collection point.

This Halloween, keep the scares in your decorations, not in how you dispose of them! 👻