NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS AUTUMN / WINTER 2008
RHS
www.rhs.org.uk
RHS Garden Harlow Carr
Date: 11th October 10 – 4pm
Venue: RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Crag Lane, Harrogate, HG3 1QB
A team of artists will be here at Harlow Carr to inspire you to get drawing and painting, with garden-related materials.
Date: 25th – 26th October
Venue: RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Crag Lane, Harrogate, HG3 1QB
Apple Festival: Lots of apple-related crafts and activities for children, with over 200 varieties of apples on display. Plus advice on growing apple trees, tastings and identification.
RHS Garden Rosemoor
Date: 12th October
Venue: RHS Garden Rosemoor, Great Torrington, EX38 8PH
Apple Day
RHS London Flower Shows
Date: 7-8 October 2008
Venue: Royal Horticultural Halls, Greycoat Street, London SW1
RHS Harvest Market
Above: Chelsea Flower Show 2008
RHSI
Royal Horticultural Society Ireland
www.rhsi.ie
Date: Wednesday 8th 8pm.
Venue: Wesley House
"Plants for Small Spaces": an illustrated talk by Valerie Keegan, Chairman of the Alpine Garden Society.
Date: Wednesday 15th 8pm.
Venue: Wesley House
"An Evening with John Cushnie" : an illustrated talk by John Cushnie.
Date: Wednesday 29th 8pm.
Venue: Wesley House
"The Contemporary Mixed Border": an illustrated talk by Jimi Blake.
This is a joint lecture in association with the Irish Garden Plant Society.
Foxrock & District Garden Club
Date: Tuesday, 28th October 2008
Venue: Tara Towers Hotel, Merrion Road
“The Creation of the Garden at East Old Vickarage, Norwich”
NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDENS, GLASNEVIN, DUBLIN
www.botanicgardens.ie
Date: October, Monday to Friday; 9am to 5pm only
Venue: Foyer of the National Herbarium and Library Building
Plants for People – Exhibition
Date: 3rd September – 17th October
Venue: Daily, throughout the Gardens, in the Glasshouses and in the Gallery of the Education and Visitor Centre
Sculpture in Context
Date: Thursday 9th October, 2.30pm
Venue: Meet at the Education and Visitor Centre
Guided Walk – Great Trees of Glasnevin
Date: Thursday 16th October
Venue: Education and Visitor Centre
Lecture – Alpines in Gothenburg, Sweden by Henrik Zetterlund
Date: Thursday 23rd October
Venue: Education and Visitor Centre
Time: 8pm
Lecture – 'Ireland's Beautiful Bogs’ by Dr Catherine O'Connell
Date: Wednesday 5th November
Venue: Education and Visitor Centre
Lecture – 'Celebrating the Centennial of Thomas Acton, 1826 – 1908' by Seamus O'Brien
Dare: Thursday 4th December
Venue: Education and Visitor Centre
Time: 8pm
Lecture – 'Elegant Leaves, Favourites and Hens – a personal look at current fashions in gardening' by Carmel Duignan
Above: Chelsea Flower Show 2008
GARDENS TO VISIT
UK
Abriachan Gardens
Loch Ness Side, by Inverness
www.lochnessgarden.com
Anglesey Abbey Gardens
Quy Road, Lode, Cambridge, Cambrideshire
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/anglesey
Elton Hall
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
www.eltonhall.com
Furzey Gardens
School Lane, Minstead, nr Lyndhurst, Hampshire
www.furzey-gardens.org
Spinners Garden
Boldre, Lymington, Hampshire
Waddesdon Manor
Nr Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
www.waddesdon.org.uk
Hartwell House
Oxford Road, nr Aylesbury, Buckinghanshire
www.hartwell-house.com
Longstock Park Nursery and Gardens
Longstock, Stockbridge, Hampshire
www.longstocknursery.co.uk
Pocock’s Roses
Jermyns Lane, Romsey, Hampshire
www.garden-roses.co.uk
Aboe: Autumn Harvest
GARDENS TO VISIT
OVERSEAS
Arboretum Kalmthout
Heuvel 2, Kalmthout, Antwerp, Belgium
www.arboreumkalmthout.be/en
Serre de la Madone
74, Rte de Gorbio, 06500 Menton, France
www.serredelamadone.com
Ainau-le-Vieil
Chateau d’Ainay-le-Vieil, Cher, France
www.jardins-de-france.com
www.gardens-of-france.com
Arboretum National des Barres
Norgent-sur-Vernisson, Loiret, France
www.jardins-de-france.com
www.gardens-of-france.com
Beauregard
Chateau de Beauregard, Collettes, Loir et Cher, France
www.jardins-de-france.com
www.gardens-of-france.com
Bouges
Chateau de Bouges, Bouges-le-chateau, Indre, France
www.jardins-de-france.com
www.gardens-of-france.com
La Busserie
La Busserie, Loiret, France
www.jardins-de-france.com
www.gardens-of-france.com
La Chatonniere
Azay le Rideay, Indre et Loire, France
www.lachatonniere.com
Les Jardins du Grand Courtoiseau
Manoir du Grand Courtoiseau, Trigueres, Loiret, France
Above: Moon Star and Sea
IRELAND
GARDENS TO VISIT
IRELAND
Palm House Botanic Garden
Belfast, Co. Antrim
www.belfastcity.gov.uk
The Argory
Moy, Co. Armagh
Altamont gardens
Tullow, Co. Carlow
www.heritageireland.ie
Bantry House and Garden
Bantry House, Bantry, Co. Cork
www.bantryhouse.com
Guy L.Wilson Daffodil Garden
University of Ulster, Coleraine, Co. Derry
www.ulster.ac.uk/phyres/estates
Celtic Prayer Garden and IOSAS Centre
Derrynane, Muff, Co. Donegal
www.columbacommunity.com
Ringdufferin Garden
Killyleagh, Co. Down
Ardgillan Castle and Demesine
Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
www.fingalcoco.ie
Macnean Organic Garden
Mullinshellestragh, Belcoo, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh
Ardcarraig
Oranswell, Bushypark, Co. Galway
Derrynane National Historic Park
Caherdaniel, Co. Kerry
Japanese and St. Fiachra’s Gardens
Tully, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare
www.irish-national-stud.ie
Kilkenny Castle
The Parade, Co. Kilkenny
Emo Court
Emo, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
Georgian House and Garden
Tontine Buildings, 2 Pery Square, Limerick, Co. Limerick
Irish Mythological Gardens
Garden Centre, Clonbalt, Co. Longford
Listoke Gardens
Ballymakenny Road, Drogheda, Co. Louth
Turlough Park Gardens
Turlough, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Rockfield House
Drumconrath, Navan, Co. Meath
Hilton Park
Clones, Co. Monahan
www.hiltonpark.ie
Birr Castle Demesine
Birr, Co. Offaly
www.birrcastle.com
Castlecoote House & gardens
Roscommon, Co. Roscommon
www.castlecootehouse.com
Lissadell Gardens
Lissadel House, Ballinfull, Co. Sligo
www.lissadellhouse.com
Camas Park
Cashel, Co. Tipperary
Curraghmore Gardens
Portlaw, Co. Waterford
Belvedere House Gardens & Park
Tullamore Road, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
www.belvedere-house.ie
Kilmokea
Great Island, Campile, Co. Wexford
www.kilmokea.com
Avondale House & Forest Park
Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow
www.coillteoutdoors.ie
Above: Chelsea Flower Show 2008
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