Our Lecturers
Alan McCluney
Alan McCluney is a keen gardener and mushroom hunter.
Alison Fitzgerald
Alison Fitzgerald has over 20 years of experience as a basketmaker and teacher, and has a particular interest in frame baskets
Barbara McInerney
Barbara McInerney is a wildlife enthusiast and works as an education officer with the NPWS.
Bob Wilson
Bob Wilson, is an ecological consultant, and has worked professionally for many years with stone.
Brigitta Varadi
Brigitta Varadi, a native of Hungary, is an award winning felt maker and renowned for her innovative textiles.
Burkhard Herrmann
Burkhard Herrmann is a former self-builder, who built his own house and went on to establish his own building business.
Ciara Barrett
Ciara Barrett is a schools and community gardener for the past 6 years and has developed nature trails at the centre.
Colin Bell
Craig Sands
Craig Sands works as a gardener for the Sustainable Communities Project and has compiled the How-to guide to Community Gardens.
Dennis Hawke
Dennis Hawke is the kitchen gardener in Rathmullan House Hotel in Donegal and is also an organic salad producer.
Dermot Carey
Diane Roemer
Diane Roemer is a teacher and artist and runs a painting school in Tawley, Co. Leitrim
Dick Roberts
Dick Roberts is a maintenance worker at the centre and gardens at home.
Ellen Cox
Eoin Craven
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Gaby Wieland
- Cheese Making
- Cheese Making - an introduction (additional course at Neantog, Cliffoney, Co. Sligo)
- Cheese Making - revised
- Cooking for your Blood type - Revised
- Cooking without Gluten, Dairy, Yeast and Sugar
- Detox and Rejuvenate Your Body, inside and out.
- Foraging and Cooking with Wild Foods
- Gluten Free Cooking and Baking for Christmas
- Grains, Breads & Sourdough
- Grains, Breads and Sourdough
- Grow Your Own Herbs
- Herbs for Life - Using herbs medicinally
- Home Preserving: Fermentation and Cultured Foods - NEW
- Homemade Remedies for the Winter Months
- Micro Greens:grow your own garden in your kitchen
- Raw Food 'Uncooking'
- Staying Healthy through the Winter with Homemade Remedies
- Wheatgrass, Micro Greens, Sprouts & Juices - revised
- Wheatgrass, Micro Greens, Sprouts & Juices - revised
Gaby Wieland, a Naturopath, Herbalist and cooking instructor has been baking breads and making cheeses and growing herbs for over 20 years.
Gerard Greene
Gerard Greene has a background in ecology and fine art and worked at the Raadvad centre in Denmark, training in paint-making, restoration and eco-building.
Graham Strouts
Graham Strouts is a permaculture teacher.
Hannah Mole
Hans Wieland
- Cheese Making
- Cheese Making - an introduction (additional course at Neantog, Cliffoney, Co. Sligo)
- Cheese Making - revised
- Cheesemaking - revised
- Growing in Polytunnels - an Introduction
- Growing in Polytunnels - an Introduction
- Growing in Polytunnels- An introduction
- Home Preserving: Fermentation and Cultured Foods - NEW
- Home Preserving; Old and New Methods
- Livestock on a Small Holding
Hans Wieland has been working and teaching at the centre since 1997.
Heidi Wickham
Runs Felt Making Workshops.
Ingrid Foley
- The Complete Organic Garden - discount for booking 10 days
- Gardening in Small Spaces, Urban Gardens & Containers
- Organic Gardening for Beginners - Grow your own Food
- Organic Gardening for Beginners - Grow your own food
- Plan a Year's Harvest - Start Now - NEW
- Plan a Year's Harvest - Start now.
- Plan your Garden Now - Revised
- The Complete Organic Garden - Day 4
- The Complete Organic Garden - Day 3
- The Complete Organic Garden - Day 4
- The Complete Organic Garden - Day 5
- The Complete Organic Garden Course 2012- Revised
- The Complete Organic Garden Day 2
- The Complete Organic Garden- Day 1
Ingrid Foley is a market gardener and works with the Community Food Project.
Jill Scott
Jill Scott is an award winning gardener, who looks after the flower beds at the centre.
Jim Cronin
- The Complete Organic Garden - discount for booking 10 days
- Working with Horses – 5th year running
- Introduction to Organic Gardening - Day 4
- Introduction to Organic Gardening - All four days
- Introduction to Organic Gardening - Day 1
- Introduction to Organic Gardening, Day 2
- Introduction to Organic Gardening, Day 3
- The Complete Organic Garden Course - 5 Days
- The Complete Organic Garden Course - Day 1 (10am - 2pm)
- The Complete Organic Garden Course - Day 2 (10am-2pm)
- The Complete Organic Garden Course - Day 3 (10am-2pm)
- The Complete Organic Garden Course - Day 4 (10am-2pm)
- The Complete Organic Garden Course - Day 5 (10am-2pm)
- Working with Horses - 6th year running
- Working with horses - 7th year running
- Working With Horses - 9th year running
Jim Cronin has been growing herbs and vegetables in Clare for over 20 years and uses working horses on the farm.
Johnny Toner
Jörg Müller
Jörg Müller is a medical herbalist and award winning tea blender living and working in Galway.
Julia Lehmann
Julia Lehmann, head gardener at the centre is currently studying for a PhD in organic farming.
Kevin O'Hara
Liz Longworth
Liz Longworth has grown and used herbs for many years and is a Primary School teacher.
Lynn Kirkham
Lynn Kirkham is an experienced teacher and runs her own business Greenmantle in Tipperary with Paul Finch.
Lynne Maguire
Lynne Maguire is a cook at The Grass Roof Café.
Mark Scott
Mary Luthers
Mary Luthers from Bluebell Farm in Dromahair has nearly 30 years experience of organic farming and produces eggs and untreated wool from her own flock.
Michael Lacey
Michael Lacey brings creativity to the design and construction of stone walls, garden features and other hard landscaping.
Mike Cahn
Mike teaches natural beekeeping at Carraig Dúlra
Mike Harris
Mike Harris ran the award winning Heather’s restaurant in London.
Miriam Crowley
Miriam Crowley is the local wildlife ranger in Co. Sligo
Ollan Herr
Ollan Herr is a reedbed and wetland system consultant from Dundalk.
Organic Centre Staff
Pat Finnegan
Pat Finnegan is a beekeeper from Cliffoney in Co. Sligo
Patricia Gardiner
Patricia Gardiner has a Masters in City Planning, worked on the development of wind energy projects, and now leads training to develop urban walking projects.
Paul Finch
Paul Finch is an experienced teacher in willow craft.
Paul Flynn
Peter Cowman
Peter Cowman is the director of the Living Architecture Centre in Leitrim.
Peter Schneider
Peter Schneider is a consultant engineer for alternative energy and organic farmer.
Phil Wheal
- Garden Design - Create your own Piece of Paradise
- Grafting Workshop
- Grafting Workshop- Take the graft out of grafting and make your own fruit trees
- Grow Your Own Fruit - Spring, Summer & Winter Workshop
- Grow Your Own Fruit - Winter Workshop
- Grow Your Own Fruit -Summer Workshop
- Grow Your Own Fruit- Spring Workshop
- Wine and Cider Making
Phil Wheal is a lecturer on our full-time course and our fruit expert.
Prannie Rhatigan
Dr. Prannie Rhatigan works mainly in public health. She gardens organically and has just published her own cookbook “Irish Seaweed Kitchen”.
Richard O’Gorman
Richard O’Gorman is an experienced landscape gardener and has been one of our dry stone building lecturers for many years.
Rob Doyle
Rob Doyle is an alternative energy enthusiast. His house in North Leitrim has no grid connection and is powered by water and wind, with solar thermal panels for water heating.
Siobhan Morris
Steffi Otto
Steffi Otto works in pre schools and schools as environmental awareness teacher, doing arts, crafts and gardening sessions.
Steven Meyen
Steven Meyen works as a Forestry Development Officer with Teagasc providing advisory and training services to forest owners in Donegal, Sligo and north Leitrim.
Sue Anthony
Sue Anthony is a beekeeper living in Ballymote, she also supplies equipment.
Suzie Cahn
- Organic Food Growing for the Complete Beginner
- Organic Food Growing for the Complete Beginner
- The Complete Organic Garden - discount for booking 10 days
- Organic Food for the Complete Beginner
- Organic Food Growing for the Complete Beginner
- Organic Food Growing for the Complete Beginner
- Organic Food Growing for the Complete Beginner
- The Complete Organic Garden Course, Day 1
- The Complete Organic Garden Course- Revised 6 days over 6 months
- The Complete Organic Garden, Day 2
- The Complete Organic Garden, Day 3
- The Complete Organic Garden, Day 5
Suzie Cahn has been growing organic vegetables, fruit, and herbs in her garden, at Gaelscoil Cill Mhantain, and now at Carraig Dulra.
Tina Pommer
Tina Pommer a native of Germany, living in Leitrim sine 1996, continues her family tradition of collecting mushrooms and wild fruit.
Tom O'Brien
- Tutor in Basketry and Living Willow Structures.
- City and Guilds Diploma in Wood Design level 4.
- U.U Certificate in Heritage Crafts.
- U.U.
Tony Cuckson
Tony Cuckson looks after the wages, tells stories and gardens at home.
Tracey Yappa
Tracey Yappa started growing mushrooms 20 years ago, she has specifically studied the cultivation methods of various edible species.
Trudy Lomax
Trudy Lomax is a native of County Sligo, chairwoman of the Mullaghmore Environment Group and runs a boatyard and boat charter with her husband.
Vanessa Finlow
Anna Browne teaches natural cosmetics and other self sufficiency skills to adults and children in the midlands.
Vivien Campbell
- Natural Cosmetic Making - Summer Workshop
- Natural Cosmetic Making - Summer Workshop
- Natural Cosmetic Making - Winter Workshop
- Natural Cosmetic Making - Winter Workshop
- Natural Cosmetic Making - Winter Workshop
- Natural Cosmetic Making - Winter Workshop
- Natural Cosmetic Making - Winter Workshop
- Natural Cosmetic Making- Summer Workshop NEW
Vivien Campbell is the herbalist presenter on the RTE1 show Corrigan Cooks Naturally.
Wendy Nairn
Wendy Nairn has produced organic vegetables from her garden for markets and restaurants for more than twenty years and now grows for family and friends.
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