News from the National Botanic Gardens | Irish Botany News | Research Projects | Kilmacurragh News
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.
Irish Heritage Plants awarded National Plant Collection Status
A collection of 1,000 plants managed by the Irish Garden Plant Society (IGPS) has been awarded National Plant Collection status by Plant Heritage. Plant Heritage is a UK based organisation who work to conserve the diversity of garden plants. The Irish Garden Plant...
Decorated Pumpkin Exhibition 2021
There were an impressive 113 entrants to this year's online Decorated Pumpkin Exhibition. Entrants uploaded photos of their designs on to our Facebook page in the run-up to Halloween. Thank you to all who took part - we had so much fun looking at all your amazingly...
Outdoor Christmas Craft Market at the National Botanic Gardens Glasnevin
This year, we take our traditional Christmas Craft Market outside into the Gardens. A pinch of Christmas magic will be cast over the stunning surroundings, with twinkling lights and festive atmosphere. Set against the backdrop of our historic glasshouses, you will find over thirty-five stalls featuring an array of sustainable gift ideas, decorative craft, and tasty seasonal treats.
Meadows at Kilmacurragh, June and July 2021
Seamus O'Brien, Head Gardener, shows us the wildflower meadows at the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, Kilmacurragh. Find out how the meadows were restored, how they are maintained, and what you can see there in spring and summer. From...
Resources for Schools – Tree Journal Activity Pack
Tree Journal Activity Pack This pack is designed for primary groups on self-guided visits to the National Botanic Gardens, however, the activities can be based around any tree, in your school grounds or local park. Before your visit please check in with us and let us...
Self-Guided Biodiversity Trail
Our Biodiversity Trail is back! Try out this self-guided tour of the Gardens, exploring biodiversity at its best while finding out about the importance and variety of plants and other life in the Gardens. Kids will have great fun finding the stops and answering the...
Peonies in Bloom, May 2021
If you are visiting the Gardens soon, be sure to take in our Paeonia (peony) collection, which is at its most breath-taking in May and June. The brief flowering period of peonies means that excitement tantamount to that concerning flowering cherries may surround the...
Blooms in the Breeze: Bluebells
For those of you who cannot make it to the gardens at the moment, a short video of our ???????????????????????????????????????????????????? (Bluebells) blooming in the gardens right now. Featured are a mix of...
Rhododendron Week Finale
Our last video story for Rhododendron Week 2021 is with Dr. Matthew Jebb, Director, National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, and Seamus O’Brien, Head Gardener, National Botanic Gardens of Ireland Kilmacurragh. Here they...
Rhododendron Week: Taxonomy Workshop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NshqzfOZ2kI&t=538s A workshop for Rhododendron Week 2021 with Seamus O’Brien, Head Gardener at the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, Kilmacurragh. Seamus gives an overview of the taxonomy of the genus, using fresh...
Rhododendron Week: A Spring Visit to the Sikkim Himalaya
Online talk with Seamus O’Brien, Head Gardener, National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, Kilmacurragh, as part of Rhododendron Week. Recorded on 16th April 2021. Séamus recounts his Spring visit to Sikkim, Himalaya in 2015...
Rhododendron Week: The Propagation and Cultivation of Rhododendrons
Online talk with Richard Baines, Curator of Logan Botanic Gardens, as part of Rhododendron Week. Recorded on 15th April 2021. Learn about both seed and vegetative propagation of the genus Rhododendron. The...