Book Launch ‘The life of Charles Frederick Ball (1879-1915), botanist and horticulturist’, Seamus O’Brien and Brian Willan
In 1915 the Irish Times called Charles Frederick Ball ‘one of the best known botanists and horticulturists in Ireland’. He had been Assistant Keeper of the Royal (now National) Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, editor of the journal Irish Gardening, and a noted plant...Rhododendron Week 2022
2 – 10 April 2022 Events brought to you by the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland and the Office of Public Works. See botanicgardens.ie/calendar for event details. In early April the gardens at Kilmacurragh are marked by the splendour of their two centuries old...
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...
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...