Nick Macer in Northern Ireland

Recently 70 IGPS members and friends were wowed with ideas for new plants for their gardens by Nick Macer of Pan-Global Plants when he spoke at Antrim Old Courthouse. Even better, almost all the plants he talked about were relatively hard and capable of surviving our winters outdoors. Nick was himself wowed by a visit […]

A Treasure Shared – Dahlia ‘Matt Armour’

For a gardener a plant is the perfect memento. We visited Glenveagh Castle Gardens in May of this year where we held our Annual General Meeting and enjoyed guided walks of the garden afterwards. There are two plants which are particularly associated with the gardens at Glenveagh. One is “Rhododendron ‘Mulroy Vanguard’ which was raised […]

IGPS Members’ Garden is Blooming Beautiful

Victor and Roz Henry have just won the Belfast Telegraph’s “Blooming Marvellous” competition in the “Large Urban Garden” category which brought with it a £1,000 prize. Well done to Victor and Roz! Initially, Victor and Roz had to submit a set of photographs and a written description of their garden. This led to their garden […]