IGPS Northern Group’s 2022 plant sale will be held at Clotworthy House, Antrim Castle Gardens, Antrim on Saturday, 21st May 2022 between 11am and 4pm. Due to Covid-related uncertainties, it was decided that we link[…]
A warm welcome awaits you in the Library of the Castlecourt Hotel on Friday evening following check-in. Enjoy the opportunity to catch up with each other after our long absence. Saturday begins with a 9 am departure[…]
Come before 11 where you can enjoy tea and scones before exploring the garden at Coolaught. This 2.5 acre garden was planted and developed by the Deacon family for generations. Paths lead to the front[…]
Coolcarrigan is a 15 acre garden outside Naas, Co Kildare. Following storm damage in the 70s, a major restoration took place with the assistance of the eminent plantsman, Sir Harold Hillier. Coolcarrigan holds a collection[…]
Logan Botanic Garden, situated on the Mull of Galloway just 20 miles across the Irish Sea from Co Down, is one of four gardens comprising the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. It was voted ‘Best Garden[…]
This is a Zoom talk and the link will be sent to members as the date (1st March) approaches. Neil is an historic garden consultant and plantsman who has worked in and on several of[…]
A talk via Zoom from Hester Forde – the link will be send to members as the date (1st February) approaches. Hester Forde has been an enthusiastic grower of snowdrops for many years and[…]
Tuesday 11th January 2022 at 8pm Adam Whitbourn, head gardener at Blarney Castle Gardens, has been on expeditions to Northern Vietnam four times in the past 10 years the last in 2019. Working[…]
Hauser and Wirth is the garden created by Piet Oudolf, justly famous for his naturalistic style of planting, to surround a new art gallery in Somerset. Piet notes that ‘…the fact that it was to[…]
An eclectic journey around Europe spotting mainly plants. Opportunities arose during many zoo conference trips to various countries to visit gardens. This is a pictorial visit to many gardens or national parks in Budapest, Berlin,[…]
Friday 15 October 2021 at 8.00pm The Artist as a Gardener with Steven Desmond Down the ages many artists have combined their achievements on canvas with an equal interest in making and cultivating a[…]
All flowering plants have pollen for reproduction: the pollinators — a buzz word in gardening at the moment — which move about the garden enable the plants effectively to find mates which are vital to the[…]
A three-acre garden combining formality, personality and enthusiasm* *Shirley Lanigan About this event Divided into a series of rooms, owner Paula will lead us on a journey from the poppy garden, cottage garden and rose[…]
Visit Landscape Architect Linda Murphy’s private garden in Dublin 14 on Saturday 10th July 2021. Linda Murphy is a keen gardener with an Arts background. Having completed a Masters in Landscape Architecture from UCD in 2000[…]
Unfortunately, the annual plant sale in Dublin has had to be cancelled as those who manage the venue felt it should not proceed in the present Covid situation. As this has come so unexpectedly there[…]
Details of this event will be published closer to the date.
Dear IGPS member, This is to let you know that our next visit is to Ballywalter Park, Ards Peninsula, County Down at 2.00 pm on Saturday 24th July 2021. This event is for IGPS members[…]
SATURDAY 19th June 2021 IGPS VISIT TO GREBA GARDENS, GREYABBEY, CO.DOWN. All tickets for this event must be pre-booked through Eventbrite before 11.00 pm on Monday 14th June 2021. TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO BOOK[…]
SATURDAY 29th May 2021 IGPS VISIT TO THE GARDEN OF KILMACREW HOUSE, BANBRIDGE, CO.DOWN. All tickets for this event must be pre-booked through Eventbrite before 6.00 pm on Monday 24th May 2021. TICKETS WILL GO[…]
Linda Murphy is a garden designer from Dublin. She is a keen gardener with an arts background who, having completed a Masters in Landscape Architecture at UCD in 2000, joined the staff of the Teagasc[…]