The Trust's model is a voluntary board of trustees[2] and small core staff with volunteers in local areas.

Farnaght Wood is a 7-acre on the Longford/Leitrim county border that was acquired with the purpose of creating new native woodland.

[6] The Trust's Blessington site sits on the Poulaphuca lakes in Wicklow behind Russborough House.

The Native Woodland Trust owns a small section of the famous ancient woodland of St. John's in County Roscommon Adjacent St. John's Wood site the Trust acquired some land for regeneration and the establishment of a tree nursery.

[9] This recently acquired site sits on the edge of Toradh Lough near the village of Glen, County Donegal.