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This is a round up of news stories from the National Botanic Gardens. We also run an Irish Botany News page, a Research Projects page and news from the National Botanic Gardens, Kilmacurragh.
Events Programme Now Available!
We are delighted to announce that the programme of events until next February is now available to download. Click here to access your digital copy. From exhibitions to themed tours, guided walks to children's workshops, there is something for everyone going on at the...
Science Week 2017
The National Botanic Gardens have a programme of events for National Science Week. One of Ireland's moored weather buoys will be with us all week. Standing 4m tall and weighing 3.5 tonnes (right) these buoys are vital sentinels to offshore weather conditions...
Totally Terrific Tomato Festival 2017
For this week the National Botanic Gardens is hosting the largest collection of Tomato cultivars ever assembled in Ireland. The Totally Terrific Tomato Festival takes place at Killruddery House and Gardens each year in September. This year 203 cultivars went on...
A Rare Find: Green-Flowered Helleborine
The National Botanic Gardens are pleased to announce a significant find in Ireland's botanical world. The green flowered helleborine (Epipactis phyllanthes) is a rare Irish orchid confined to little more than a dozen sites on the island. Its rarity and variability...
Sheep-Eating plant blooming at the gardens NOW!
We are delighted to announce the blooming of one of the most handsome plants in our collection. Puya berteroniana (aka. the Sheep-eating plant) has begun flowering in the Curvilinear House and will last through to the first week of June. But it is unfurling fast as...
Visit to the Gardens by HRH The Prince of Wales
On Friday morning we were delighted to welcome His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales to the National Botanic Gardens. As Patron of Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), the Prince of Wales has a special interest in the work of Botanic Gardens around the...
Ecological Genetics Group: 61st Annual Meeting
The 61st Meeting of the Ecological Genetics Group (EGG) will be held at the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland between the 4th and 6th of April, 2017. This will be the first time that EGG has been held outside the UK, and we look forward to welcoming them to Dublin....
Westonbirt Orchid Medal
Glasshouse Foreman Brendan Sayers, has been awarded the RHS, Westonbirt Orchid Medal for 2017. The Medal is awarded annually to an individual for any scientific, literary, or other outstanding achievement in connection with orchids. Brendan has dedicated a lifetime to...
Sonder Ireland Palmhouse Video
Sonder Ireland have made a small video celebration of the Palmhouse. It is only from the air that the full beauty of the Palmhouse is seen. We hope to persuade them to make more films of the Gardens to give us all a different perspective on the more well known...
Baobab in Bloom
The Baobab tree (Adansonia digitata) is one of Africa's most enigmatic trees. In the wild it can look like an 'upside down tree' as the short spreading branches look like roots sticking in the air. One African legend has it that that god took a dislike to the Baobab...
Sackville Street Art Project
Of the 485 people who died during the Easter Rising, 262 were civilians. The Sackville Street Art Project has brought together people to build model houses to represent each of these civilians killed during that momentous week. Each model commemorates the lives of one...
Latest Calendar of Events
We have a program of over 80 events planned for the next six months including exhibitions, talks, workshops and guided walks. Feasting from Nature’s Plate, 2016A special theme this year will be Feasting from Nature’s Plate, a celebration of edible plants in all their...