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Are you passionate about gardening? Is it your
ambition to be a garden designer? Do you dream of winning a
Gold Medal at Chelsea?
Super Garden’ is seeking 5 amateur garden designers to
compete for the title of ‘Super Gardener’ in the new RTÉ
series, to be broadcast in May 2010.
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IRELAND
Lecture – 'The Spring Garden'
Dr Mary Forrest
Date: Thursday 25th February
Venue: National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin Dublin.
Website:
http://www.botanicgardens.ie/news/events.htm
Many people associate Daffodils and Cherry Blossom with
Springtime, but there are many more plants to enjoy in this
season. In this lecture the common and the more unusual gems
for this time of year are highlighted. Dr Mary Forrest is
Senior Lecturer at the College of Life Sciences in
University College Dublin where she teaches landscape
management, horticulture and garden history. She was
educated at the National Botanic Gardens, UCD and Trinity
College Dublin and is well known for her work in
horticulture, including an inventory of trees and shrubs in
exotic plant collections in Ireland.
Time: 8.00pm, Visitor Centre
Organised by the Irish Garden Plant Society
Lecture – 'Planting for Illusion – Creating habitats at
Dublin Zoo'
Stephen Butler
Date: Wednesday 3rd March
Venue: National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin Dublin.
Website:
http://www.botanicgardens.ie/news/events.htm
Stephen is Curator of Horticulture at Dublin Zoo. In the
last 5 years two heavily landscaped habitats have been
developed in Dublin Zoo. The Kaziranga Forest Trail for the
Asian Elephants, was planted to provide a lush jungle like,
environment using mass bamboo planting. Lots of grasses,
acacia, and many South African plants were used to make the
giraffe, zebra, oryx, ostrich and rhino, all feel at home in
the African Savannah. These two major planting projects were
carried out by the Dublin Zoo Horticulture Department.
Time: 3.00pm.
Lecture – 'Saxifrages – across the World and in the
Garden'
Malcolm McGregor
Date: Thursday 18th March
Venue: National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin Dublin.
Website:
http://www.botanicgardens.ie/news/events.htm
'Saxifrages - a Definitive guide to the 2000 species,
Hybrids and Cultivars' by Malcolm McGregor was published to
great acclaim in 2008. As well as being an expert on
saxifrages, Malcolm has lectured extensively and is a fine
photographer.
Time: 8.00pm, Visitor Centre
Organised by the Alpine Garden Society
UK
The Delights of a February Garden
Date: Sunday 28th February 2010
Time: 13:00 - 15:30
Venue: Aberglasney Gardens
www.aberglasney.org
Aberglasney Gardens Llangathen
CARMARTHEN Dyfed SA32 8QH
Type: Walk/Walk & Talk/Guided Tour
Skill Level: General
Join Director Graham Rankin for a light lunch of soup
and wine followed by a leisurely stroll around the
garden highlighting plants the many plants of seasonal
interest.
Cost: RHS Member: £9.95 Non Member: £11.95
Book By: 27/02/2010
Spring is in the Air! with Sue Pritchard
Date: Wednesday 3rd March 2010
Time: 10:15 - 14:00
Venue: RHS Garden Wisley
www.rhs.org.uk/whatson/gardens/wisley/index.htm
RHS Garden Wisley
Wisley Lane WOKING Surrey GU23 6QB
Location: Hillside Events Centre
Type: Workshop
Skill Level: General
Sue Pritchard from The Lavender Hill Company
demonstrates her experiences and skills as a floral
designer using lovely fresh spring blooms and natural
materials. In the afternoon session, participants will
learn how to make a lovely spring tied bouquet.
Cost: £55 to RHS members, £65 to non-members
Book By: 01/03/2010
Early Spring Flowering Perennials
Date: Tuesday 23rd March 2010
Time 10:30 - 12:30
Venue: Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants
Priory Lane Nursery Freefolk
WHITCHURCH Hampshire RG28 7NJ
Type: Demonstration / Talk / Lecture
Skill Level: General
Join Rosy Hardy at Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants for a
demonstration and guided tour on planting and growing
combinations, including colour and plant situations,
where and when.
Cost: RHS Member: £8.00, Non Member: £10.00
Book By: 19/03/2010
MORE GARDENS TO VISIT
Killruddery House & Gardens
Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
Website:
http://www.killruddery.com/
Killruddery is unique in having one of the most
extensive early formal gardens, in their original style,
surviving in Ireland today. Largely laid out in the 17th
century and added to in the 19th century, they are
amongst the most important of their type in Ireland and
the UK.
Houses, Castles and Gardens of Ireland
Website:
http://www.castlesgardensireland.com/
Heritage Island
Website:
http://www.heritageisland.com/
Airfield
Upper Kilmacud Road Dundrum, Dublin 14
Tel: 01 298 4301 Fax: 01 296 2832
Website:
http://www.airfield.ie/index.html
Mount Usher Gardens
Off N11 at Ashford, County Wicklow
Website:
www.mountushergardens.ie
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