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National Landscape Forum 2026: Our Shared Landscapes
The National Landscape Forum 2026: Our Shared Landscapes will take place on 14–15 May 2026 at the Peace Campus, Monaghan Town, bringing together those working across landscape, planning, environment, and heritage in Ireland.
At a critical juncture of change for Ireland’s landscapes, the forum provides space to explore how they are understood, represented, and managed. As new tools allow landscapes to be modelled and visualised in increasingly sophisticated ways, the event also encourages reflection on how these approaches remain grounded in lived experience, perception, and shared understanding.
Participation is free, but advance registration is required
Programme Overview
Thursday 14 May – Field-based and networking programme
Field visit to the Convent of St Louis lands (Thrive project)
Behind-the-scenes tour of Monaghan Museum
Evening presentation and discussion
Canapé reception at the Peace Campus rooftop terrace
Friday 15 May – Talks, tours, and workshop
Presentations and Q&A, encompassing heritage and landscape connections, engaging communities and shared spaces, landscape-scale mapping and connectivity
Guided walking tours of Monaghan town
Workshop: exploring: the role of landscape professionals in Ireland, what landscape contributes to projects and communities, gaps in current practice, what is lost without landscape input
Presentations and discussion on: The Rights of Nature, Climate policy and the Irish landscape, landscape and democracy, delivering landscape strategy at local authority level.
National Landscape Forum - 2025
The National Landscape Forum took place in Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Sept 25-26th. 2025, It marked a milestone year for landscape discussions in Ireland as we reflected on the expiring National Landscape Strategy, the 25th anniversary of the groundbreaking European Landscape Convention, and the 30th anniversary of the forum itself. Now, more than ever, it is critical to address complex, interdisciplinary and value-laden landscape issues while navigating the major transformation of the Irish Planning System and delivering on objectives for climate and compact growth.
The conference proceedings can be found here.
The Irish Planning Institute has just published its newly revised Education Guidelines for accredited planning schools, with landscape character, values and sensitivity listed as an 'essential and required' subject area.