IGPS Online Talk – Seamus O’Brien – 30th October 2025
The Moores of Glasnevin: the Irish Rhododendron Story Thursday 30th October at 7.30pm – 9.00pm Seamus O’Brien – Online (Zoom) Lecture Seamus manages the National Botanic Gardens, Kilmacurragh. He is a member of the RHS Woody Plant Expert Group and is Chairman of the Irish Branch of the RHS Rhododendron, Camellia and Magnolia Group. Seamus […]
Lecture in Antrim: A Garden With a Purpose – Niall McCauley – 21st October 2025
A Garden With a Purpose – Niall McCauley Tuesday 21st October from 7.30pm to 9.00pm Old Courthouse, Market Square, Antrim BT41 4AW Niall has built his garden around what he calls the magic mix of fruit trees, perennials and edibles. His talk charts the development of his garden to date, his garden philosophy, his loves, and […]
IGPS Autumn Plant Sale – Blackrock, Co Dublin – 19th October 2025
IGPS Autumn Plant Sale – 19th October 2025, Blackrock, County Dublin – 10.30am to 1.00pm This is a wonderful opportunity to buy rare and unusual plants, many of which are Irish in origin. Donated by members and nurseries, they are priced very attractively! There is something for everyone: shrubs, herbaceous plants, bulbs (specials […]
John McCullen – Zoom Lecture – 30th September 2025
John McCullen – Zoom Lecture Tuesday 30th of September from 7.30pm – 9.00pm The History & Management of the Phoenix Park (1880-1980) A zoom link will be emailed to all members prior to the event.
Visit to Brook Hall Estate – Saturday 13th September 2025 – 2pm to 6pm
Visit to Brook Hall Estate and Gardens Saturday 13th of September from 2.00pm to 6.00pm 65-67 Culmore Road, Derry/Londonderry, BT48 8JE Brook Hall Estate & Gardens lies on the banks of the River Foyle, on the edge of Derry~Londonderry. This 18th century demesne, home to one of Northern Ireland’s top arboretums, has witnessed and played […]
Visit to the Victory Garden, Balbriggan – Saturday 6th September 2025
Visit to the Victory Garden Saturday 6th of September from 1.00pm to 3.30pm 7 Bremore, Balbriggan, Co Dublin, K32FC94 We moved to Balbriggan in 1989, to a cottage on half an acre. After many years growing vegetables, our interest gradually turned to ornamentals. Over time, the vegetable and grassed areas gradually gave way to ornamental […]
Visit to Fota House and Gardens – Saturday 30th August 2025
Visit to Fota House and Gardens Saturday 30th August at 11.00am Fota Island, Carrigtwohill, T45 Y642 Rare plants flourish here at Fota House and Garden thanks to the gentle climate offered by Cork harbour. The gardens feature an established arboretum with many unusual and rare tree species. There is also the walled garden with extensive […]
IGPS Visit to Montalto Estate Gardens – Friday 15th of August 2025 (Members Only)
Visit to Montalto Estate Gardens Friday 15th of August at 2.00pm Spa Road, Ballynahinch, BT24 8PT Gordon and June Wilson purchased the demesne in 1994, and lived here up until 2009 when, with their family grown-up, they decided the time had come to start the next chapter in the estate’s ongoing history. At this point […]
Visit to Mullaghdillon Garden – Saturday 9th August 2025 – Book Now
Visit to Rosie Maye’s Mullaghdillon Garden: Saturday 9th August 2025 11.00am to 1.00pm Mullaghdillon House, Slane, Co. Meath C15 VK44 Many will be familiar with this garden from The Insomniac Gardener on social media. This is your chance to see the amazing three acre garden created by Rosemary and Pádraig Maye, a garden with almost […]
Visit to Moneynabane Gardens, Co. Down – 26th July 2025
Visit to Moneynabane Gardens Saturday 26th of July from 2.00pm to 4.00pm 155 Dundrum Road, Dromara, Co. Down BT25 2JS Moneynabane, the garden of Desmond Dunwoody, is a rural garden on the edge of the Mourne A.O.N.B., has been developed in the past 25 years. An effective use of terracing and winding paths enables visitors […]
Visit to Butterfield House Garden – 19th July 2025
Visit to Butterfield House Garden Saturday 19th of July from 11.00 am to 1.00 pm Butterfield House, Fortchester, Inch, Gorey, Co. Wexford Y25PR82 Noel Gilleece and Eilish Ryan started the garden 25 years ago on a 1.5 acre level field. Laid out in a Victorian style and divided by hedges of different kinds, there are […]
IGPS Summer Lunch & Garden Visits – Altamont and Hardymount, Co Carlow. 28th June 2025
Summer Lunch & Garden Visits Altamont and Hardymount, Co Carlow. Saturday 28th June 2025 10.30am approx. – 1.00pm Altamont Gardens, Tullow, Co Carlow, R93N882 Saturday 28th June 2025 1.30pm – 4.30pm approx.. Hardymount Gardens, Tullow, Co Carlow, R93XN24 Altamont: A wonderful Robinsonian garden created by the late Corona North. Full of rare trees and shrubs […]
Visit to Ballycommane House and Gardens – 14th June 2025
Visit to Ballycommane House and Gardens Saturday 14th of June from 12.00 noon Ballycommane, Durrus, West Cork, P75 A020, Bantry, Ireland Set in 3.5 acres of private lands in a broad valley near the charming coastal village of Durrus. Ballycommane garden offers an array of colour, featuring an abundance of flowers as well as a […]
2025 AGM in Oranmore, Co. Galway – 17-18th May
Members are invited to attend this year’s Irish Garden Plant Society Annual General Meeting based in Oranmore, County Galway on 17th-18th May 2025. Join us for a weekend in the unique landscape of south Galway and County Clare, with visits to nurseries, gardens and The Burren. The venue for our AGM weekend is the […]
IGPS Members’ Open Gardens List 2025
Please find below a list of IGPS members’ gardens which are open to the public in Summer 2025, including photographs and details of opening: Click Here: IGPS List of Members’ Open Gardens 2025 More detailed information the gardens might be found in various publications and online. Our thanks to Rob Evans for compiling this list
Visit to Charleville House and Gardens – Saturday 10th May 2025
Visit to Charleville House and Gardens – Saturday 10th May 2025 at 11am It is a rare treat to visit Charleville House and Gardens, in Enniskerry Co. Wicklow. There has been a big house here since the seventeenth century, though the earlier houses burned down. The present Palladian house dates from 1797 and our tour […]
IGPS Plant Sale at Rowallane Spring Fair – Saturday 3rd May 2025
IGPS Plant Sale at Rowallane Spring Fair – Saturday 3rd May 2025 10am to 4pm There will be an opportunity to buy a wide variety of herbaceous plants, shrubs, ferns and a great selection of scarce Irish heritage plants will be available. Please contact Agnes Peacocke in advance by emailing apeacocke@hotmail.com to donate plants or bring […]
Lecture in Antrim: Lismore Castle with Colm O’Driscoll 20th March 2025 7.30pm
‘Reflections on two years’ gardening in the oldest continuously cultivated garden in Ireland: Lismore Castle’ with Colm O’Driscoll The talk will cover Colm’s approach to managing the gardens and what he and his team are striving to achieve. It will include details of plants, planting trials and the innovations to date that have had the […]
IGPS Zoom Lecture: ‘Treading Gently through the Borders’ with Ben Pope – 26th March 7.30 pm
IGPS Zoom Lecture: ‘Treading Gently through the borders: a detailed look at the softer side of border management’ with Ben Pope This talk will explore both traditional and contemporary methods of herbaceous perennial management, and will leave you confident when deciding how to improve your own borders. Ben Pope, head gardener in a private garden in West Sussex, cares for a large […]
Lecture at NBG Glasnevin: Dr Mary Forrest on ‘Trees in Ireland – some distinguished natives and honoured guests’. 8th March 2025 at 11am
Trees have been a lifelong interest for Dr Mary Forrest from her time studying in the Botanic Gardens, through cataloging tree and shrub collections in Ireland to her many years as a horticultural lecturer in University College Dublin. Though trees native to Ireland number 17 – 20 species, trees introduced over many centuries from […]
