Filmmaker Beta Bajgart follows writer and social entrepreneur Catherine Cleary on her extraordinary journey to transform 30 acres of neglected farmland in Roscommon into a thriving native woodland. What begins as one woman’s midlife calling becomes a poetic story about renewal, courage, mothering, and our fragile relationship with the land.

Through the film we hear a voice of an ancient speaking ash tree written by Kerri Ní Dochartaigh and voiced by Mary McEvoy. Blending documentary realism with lyrical storytelling, The Forest Midwife reflects on what it means to root oneself in nature, to listen to the earth, and to plant for generations yet to come.