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...

How to forage for and make Wild Garlic Pesto

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Spring is the perfect time to collect Wild Garlic. Join Harry and Ciara as they go foraging and make wild garlic pesto. Click on the photo below to view the video.  

Research Assistant – Contract Position Available Sep 2020

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Position: Research Assistant Duration: 12 months Location: National Botanic Gardens, Dublin, Ireland A research assistant position is available immediately for a fixed term of 12 months on the DAFM funded project GENENET. The GENENET project aims to establish a gene...

RHSI Gold Medal of Honour awarded to Seamus O’Brien, Head Gardener at the National Botanic Gardens, Kilmacurragh

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The Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland (RHSI), founded in 1816, is a charity, dedicated to promoting and improving the knowledge, skill, and practice of horticulture, arboriculture, and floral art while encouraging respect for the environment and creating a sense...

2018 – A Record Breaking Heritage Week at the National Botanic Gardens

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We had a great turn out for our nine Heritage Week events this year with a varied range of events focusing around the  ‘Sharing Stories’ theme, including The Totally Terrific Tomato Festival, a record breaking Bug Hotel making workshop, a Mandala Art Installation and...