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We are delighted to announce that the programme of events until next February is now available to download. Click here to access your digital copy. From exhibitions to themed tours, guided walks to children’s workshops, there is something for everyone going on...
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The National Botanic Gardens have a programme of events for National Science Week. One of Ireland’s moored weather buoys will be with us all week. Standing 4m tall and weighing 3.5 tonnes (right) these buoys are vital sentinels to offshore weather...
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For this week the National Botanic Gardens is hosting the largest collection of Tomato cultivars ever assembled in Ireland. The Totally Terrific Tomato Festival takes place at Killruddery House and Gardens each year in September. This year 203 cultivars went on...
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The National Botanic Gardens are pleased to announce a significant find in Ireland’s botanical world. The green flowered helleborine (Epipactis phyllanthes) is a rare Irish orchid confined to little more than a dozen sites on the island. Its rarity and...
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We are delighted to announce the blooming of one of the most handsome plants in our collection. Puya berteroniana (aka. the Sheep-eating plant) has begun flowering in the Curvilinear House and will last through to the first week of June. But it is unfurling fast as...
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On Friday morning we were delighted to welcome His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales to the National Botanic Gardens. As Patron of Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), the Prince of Wales has a special interest in the work of Botanic Gardens around the...
