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.
Tales from the Viking House: Salmon of Knowledge
Join the coven by the fire for tales of Ireland's trees and landscapes, at the Viking House, We continue our Magical Plants series with Tales from the Viking House. Today: The Salmon of Knowledge. The Gardens are a place to enjoy the wonder and beauty of...
Magical Plants in the Witches’ Garden: Insect Eating Plants!
Join the coven again, for a look at some of the carnivorous plants in our Witches' Garden! Here's a treat: a short video on insect eating plants with one of our botanic witches. Yikes! The Gardens are a place to enjoy the wonder and beauty of nature. The...
Magical Plants in the Witches’ Garden: Magical Fungus
Join the coven online, for a look at a magical fungus in the Witches' Garden! The Birch Polypore. Filmed in the Children's Education Garden at the National Botanic Gardens, Dublin (2min 26secs) See lots more of our videos on our YouTube Channel »...
Magical Plants in the Witches’ Garden: Desert Plants
Join the coven once again, for a look at some Desert Plants in our Witches' Garden! It's another treat: a short video on magical plants with one of our botanic witches. Have you ever seen an invisible plant? The Gardens are a place to enjoy the wonder and...
Magical Plants in the Witches’ Garden: Potion Plants I
Join the coven for a look at some potions plants in our Witches' Garden! Here's a treat: a short video on magical plants with one of our botanic witches. The Gardens are a place to enjoy the wonder and beauty of nature. The site will remain open over the...
‘The Bots’ Newstalk Radio Documentary
(The following is adapted from the Newstalk Radio website) Newstalk aired the ‘The Bots’, in which IMRO-nominated producer Brian Gallagher looks at the lives of those who live, work, study, and relax in the vicinity of Ireland's National Botanic Gardens. Using a...
Pumpkin Decorating Competition: 2020
For many years we have run the very popular Pumpkin Decorating Competition for Halloween here at the National Botanic Gardens. Sadly, this year we cannot hold the exhibition in the gardens but we can hold an online competition and even more people can enter, so...
Recruiting Seasonal Guides 2021
How about a change of scene, fresh air, and a chance to work at one of Ireland's most iconic and dynamic heritage sites? Recruitment for Seasonal Guides at both of our National Botanic Gardens sites at Glasnevin and Kilmacuragh is now open! See:...
Self-Guided Biodiversity Trail
Designed for National Heritage Week and suitable for all of the family! Take part in this self-guided tour of the gardens, exploring biodiversity at its best while finding out about the importance and variety of pollinators all around us....
Press Release: Aquatic House Complex
OPW commences work to save important buildings at Botanic Gardens with a plan to restore them in the future. Visitors to the National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin will have noticed what looks like some building work commencing on site in recent days....
In Praise of Weeds
The past few weeks have seen the vast majority of us confined to a much smaller area than usual, and even with a new routine of responsibilities to juggle between home, work and family, it's likely that life has contained more stillness and quiet than we would have...
A National Seed Bank in the National Botanic Gardens
Plants are fascinating. Even though they surround us and feed us, they often go unseen and unnoticed each day. They even hold the record for the largest and oldest organisms on earth - the largest being a clone of aspen trees and the oldest being a bristle cone pine...