Meadows at Kilmacurragh, June and July 2021

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  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 give a brief overview of the conservation...