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 ๐๐บ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด (Bluebells) blooming in the gardens right now. Featured are a mix of ๐๐บ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฏ-๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ต๐ข, ๐๐บ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข and also hybrids which show 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 OโBrien, Head Gardener, National Botanic Gardens of Ireland Kilmacurragh. Here they give a brief overview of the conservation...