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Gardening Shorts from the Children’s Garden: Sow Calendula Seeds for National Plant a Flower Day

March 12th is National Plant a Flower Day! Join Ciara as she shows us how to sow calendula seeds in milk cartons. Click on the photo below to view the video.

An Introduction to the Spring Flowering Plants Project – online talk with Oisín Duffy

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This live talk took place on 10 March 2021 Discover how you can become a Citizen Scientist by recording spring flowers, with Oisín Duffy. The Spring Flowering Plants Project is seeking records for 20 easily identifiable wildflowers. Find out how you can take part...

Gardening Shorts from the Children’s Garden: how to plant broad beans in newspaper pots

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Ciara demonstrates how to plant broad bean seeds in eco friendly newspaper pots. Things you will need: broad bean seeds, compost, newspaper or similar paper glass jar. Click on the photo below to view the video.

Paper Plants: How to make a paper spider plant

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The first in a series of perfect paper plants! This video will show you how to make a paper spider plant. You will need white paper, colours, scissors, tape, brown paper packaging and a tin can or a pot. Click on the photo below to view the...

The JFK Arboretum – online talk with Gary Mentanko

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This live talk took place on 24 February 2021, on Crowdcast. The John F. Kennedy Arboretum in Wexford, Ireland, has a plant collection of presidential proportions. Covering over 600 acres, it contains 4,500 types of trees and shrubs from temperate regions...

Introducing Narcissus ‘Kilmacurragh’ – a new daffodil cultivar

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We are delighted to announce a new hybrid daffodil cultivar – Narcissus ‘Kilmacurragh’ (pictured). This wonderful flower was bred by the famous Northern Ireland daffodil breeder Brian Duncan in 2005 and is a Narcissus poeticus (old pheasant’s eye)...