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Located just 3 km from Dublin city centre, the National Botanic Gardens are an oasis of calm and beauty, and entry is free.
A premier scientific institution, the gardens also contain the National Herbarium and several historic
wrought iron glasshouses.
NEWS FROM THE GARDENS
Events for July and August
16 June 2013
The Gardens has a number of events lined up for the summer, including 3 exhibitions:
An Óiges's Annual Photographic Exhibition (2nd-7th July); 'Flora, Fibre and Fabric' an exhibition by the Irish
Patchwork Society which is part of their Hands across the Border initiative (11th-30th July); and 'Origins - Felt in the Natural World' an exhibition from Feltmakers Ireland (7th-26th August).
We also have a prgramme of talks, walks, workshops and a special week of celebrations for Heritage Week (17th-25th August)
with workshops, concerts and demonstrations.
View the full events schedule here . . .
The Herbarium Museum
27 May 2013
The National Botanic Gardens holds a remarkable museum of plant products and artefacts. The museum
was first assembled over a 100 years ago, and was transferred to the Botanic Gardens in 1970.
Ethnobotanist Ariane Factor, an intern working on the curation of the collections, has recently
assembled over 100 of these objects, providing the first virtual glimpse of this
collection.
View the museum here . . .
Flora of County Limerick
20 May 2013
The National Botanic Gardens is delighted to announce the arrival of the Flora of County Limerick.
This is the first flora to the county, and covers the 1,100 native and alien
flowering plants, ferns, fern-allies and conifers growing in the wild from the Shannon
Estuary to the Galty mountains.
The Flora is the result of some thirty years of fieldwork and research by botanist
Sylvia Reynolds, author of A catalogue of alien plants in Ireland (2002).
This flora, and other publications, are available from the Botanic Gardens.
Buy this and other floras here . . .
Inauguration of ?What is Life?
28 April 2013
Nobel laureate Jim Watson was guest of honour at the National Botanic Gardens
on the 60th anniversary of his publication of the DNA double helix. He inaugurated
a remarkable new sculpture by Charles Jencks celebrating Irish Science and the
extraordinary new revelations made in the last 30 years about the novel roles of
RNA in living organisms.
Read more here . . .
New Link between the National Botanic gardens and Glasnevin Cemetery
3 May 2013
History was made today when Mr. Brian Hayes, TD, Minister of State with special responsibility
for the Office of Public Works (OPW) oversaw the breaching of the wall between the National
Botanic Gardens and Glasnevin Cemetery & Museum. The event marks the commencement of
construction of a pedestrian link between the two institutions, which will allow
visitors a chance to enjoy the unique amenities each has to offer.
Read more here . . .
RTÉ's Secrets of the Irish Landscape
5 May 2013
Matthew Jebb and Colin Kelleher of the National Botanic Gardens will be
appearing in the new RTÉ production, Secrets of the Irish Landscape,
on Sunday nights (5, 12 & 19 May).
Presented by Derek Mooney, the series tells the history of how the Irish landscape
and its natural history developed.
Read more here . . .
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