Our ever-popular Biophilia Tour returns to the Gardens for Biodiversity Week 2024! Engage your senses in the Gardens’ beautiful surroundings, and learn about how and why spending time around nature and natural processes can help us stay healthy in our daily lives. PLEASE NOTE: €5 per person, booking essential from Eventbrite This tour slot is […]
Discover the heroes, tricksters and villains of pollination! What do bees, bats, birds, lizards and humans all have in common? They are linked through the phenomenon of pollination, plants using animals to carry their pollen from flower to flower, giving rise to new plants, for a price. This Biodiversity Week, take a guided tour of […]
Dr Hannah Wilson, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, has led the International Conifer Conservation Programme since 2022. She joins us for biodiversity week to deliver a lecture on the programme and its progress.
Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago between mainland Norway and the North Pole. One of the world’s northernmost inhabited areas, it's known for its rugged, remote terrain of glaciers and frozen tundra sheltering polar bears, Svalbard reindeer and Arctic foxes. The main focus of this talk however, will be on the arctic plants of the archipelago. […]
Join us for a twilight nature ramble through the Gardens for Biodiversity Month. Setting off before sunset, we will look and listen for birds going to their night roosts. When the sun has finally gone down for the night we will redirect our attention to nocturnal creatures. We’ll use bat detectors to listen for bats, […]
Join the Irish Wildlife Trust for an educational event where you will discover the world of Ireland's wild bees. You will learn how to identify and submit sighting of commonly encountered Irish bees as well as how you can help by creating bee friendly habitat. This event will consist of a short talk followed by […]
The Irish Cactus & Succulent Society 2024 Plant Exhibition Saturday 25th May 11am - 5pm. Teak House, National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin. Free of charge, no booking required. - Plants for sale, - Demonstration on plant care - Cactus & Succulent show
Discover the heroes, tricksters and villains of pollination! What do bees, bats, birds, lizards and humans all have in common? They are linked through the phenomenon of pollination, plants using animals to carry their pollen from flower to flower, giving rise to new plants, for a price. This Biodiversity Week, take a guided tour of […]
This Biodiversity Week, experience the sound of the dawn in the Gardens' green haven. Every May, the sweet and wild song of the dawn chorus reaches its height as birds proclaim their presence to welcome the new day. Join us for this unique early morning event at the National Botanic Gardens for Biodiversity Week, and […]
Kids, join us for fun activities in the dedicated Children’s Erasmus Education Garden! Each week we will have a different activity to help you to become an expert gardener. Sow your own vegetable and flower seeds, play some nature games or re-use everyday things to create your own piece of eco-art. Check out our Facebook […]
