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 retracing the routes of the famous Victorian...
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 talk covers techniques, useful tips, advantages and...
Online talk with Dr Matthew Jebb, Director of the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, as part of the Rhododendron Festival. Recorded on 14th April 2021. Matthew describes the close connections for over 160 years between the Moore family of the National Botanic...
This video story for the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, Kilmacurragh’s Rhododendron Week (12-18 April 2021) is brought to you by Mark Bobin and Wendelin Morrison from the Royal Horticultural Society Rhododendron Camellia & Magnolia Group. Mark...
This talk was organised by the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland and took place on Crowdcast on 14 April 2021. Dr Maria Long will talk about how to recognise valuable semi-natural grasslands, where they are found, and why they are so important. She’ll ask the...
A video story for Rhododendron Week 2021 with Seamus O’Brien, Head Gardener at the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, Kilmacurragh. Seamus tells the story of some of the finest Rhododendron specimens at Kilmacurragh, their discovery, naming and entry into...
