In December 2020, the inaugural Visit Cork Green Award was awarded to Fernhill House Hotel & Gardens in Clonakilty for their continual work on sustainable initiatives throughout the year.
This Award was set up to encourage and reward our tourism partners who made a commitment to operating sustainably and in 2020 we were delighted to present it to Fernhill House Hotel & Gardens.
Michael O’Neill and his team at the hotel deserve huge credit for there work on sustainability there including:
- Using solar panels for hot water and electricity
- Using their own well for water
- Growing their own food
- Planting 3,000 trees, as part of a larger project to plant 20,000 trees all around Clonakilty in 2020
Michael O’Neill manager of Fernhill House Hotel & Gardens receiving his award from Evelyn O’Sullivan and Jeremy Murray of Visit Cork
The submission process for the Visit Cork Green award 2021 is now open to all Cork tourism businesses, who can submit an application for the award by clicking HERE.
