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RHSI Bicentenary Gala 30th September 2016. Along with the Floral Art Demonstration and the three lectures there will be Trade Stands on site on the day with specialist garden plants and associated merchandise available for purchase. RHSI office: 01-4937154.

RHSI Garden Russborough Workshops: 17 September – Lifting & Dividing Perennials; 20 September – Pelargonium Propagation and Care. Booking essential through RHSI office: 01-4937154

Foxrock and District Garden Club: on 27 September, at 8pm, at Foxrock Pastoral Centre, Kill Lane. Brian Wood of Murphy and Wood Garden Centre talks on Planning a Small garden. Admission 7 for non-members.

Howth and Sutton Horticultural Society will hold its Autumn Show on 3 September 2016, from 2.00-4.30pm. Entry forms and show rules are available on www.hshs.ie or from the secretary Ann Campbell 8394578. The show is held in St Nessan’s Community School, Moyclare Road, off Warrenhouse Road, Baldoyle, Dublin 13.

Macroom Flower & Garden Club presents Autumn Splendour by Betty Holden AOIFA on 8 September at Coolcower House Macroom Co. Cork. Club Competitions and Sales Table. Visitors most welcome. Enquiries 087-9821708.

Ballinasloe Garden Club: on 14 September 2016, Flower Arranging Demonstration by Ann Slattery,AOIFA, Ennis, Co.Clare. Arrangers’ Competition: Nature’s Bounty-Foliage Only. Grower’s Competition: Variety of Home Grown Fruit in Gullanes Hotel,Ballinasloe at 8pm. Non-members 5.

Waterford Regional Gardening Club: on 15 September, at 8pm, in the Edmund Rice Centre, Barrack St. Waterford

Malachy Doherty, Horticulturist at Glanbia Country Life, Dungarvan will talk about plants that are suitable for long term container-growing. Non-members 5. Contact: 086-4083419.

Enniskerry Gardening Club: on 5 October, at 8pm, in Parochial Hall (next to Poppies) a talk Deer Out! Bees In! will be given by Liam McGarry, president of the Deer Society and beekeeper. Admission 7 for non-members.

Ballinasloe Garden Club: on 12 October, presents a Gardening talk by John Miland, Miland’s Garden Centre, Co. Galway. And on 9 November, there is a Flower Arranging Demonstration by Ethel Mitchell, Co. Westmeath. Both take place in Gullanes’ Hotel, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway at 8pm. Non-members 5.

Waterford Garden Plant Society: Winter Lecture on 5 October, 8pm, lecture by Des Doyle, head gardener, Lavistown Gardens on My Twenty Favourite Plants in St. Joseph & Benildus Parish Centre, Newtown, Waterford. New members welcome.

Dublin Five Horticultural Society: on 6 October, at 8pm, resumes its fortnightly gardening talks in the Artane Beaumont Centre, Kilmore Road, Dublin 5. Ring 087-2423020 for details of the club and talks.

Macroom Flower & Garden Club: Annual Charity Gala Floral Demonstration by Candy Holten (AOIFA) entitled Noel, Noel! on 10 November, at Coolcower House, Macroom, Co. Cork. Doors open at 7pm. Demonstration at 8pm sharp. Enquiries and tickets at 087-9821708.

Cork Alpine/Hardy Plant Society: on 27 October, nursey owner Tim Ingram lectures on Our Garden At Copton Ash, Faversham, Kent. And on 24 November: Peter Korn, a noted horticulturist from Sweden will speak on Plants from the US West Coast. The Cork Alpine/Hardy Plant Society meets in the Lavanagh Centre, Blackrock, Cork at 8pm. All welcome.

Galway Flower and Garden Club presents a floral demonstration titled Let’s Celebrate with James Burnside, NAFAS, Northern Ireland, on 18 October, at 8pm, and Richard Haslam for a Gala Christmas Demonstration on 15 November at 8pm. These events takes place in the Westwood House Hotel, Upper Newcastle, Galway. Admission: members 10, non-members 15. including light refreshments and raffle. Further information: mariancolohan@gmail.com

Foxrock and District Garden Club: meeting on 25 October at 8pm. Tim Ingram speaks on Our garden at Copton Ash, Kent, at Foxrock Parish Pastoral Centre. Admission 7 non-members.

Waterford Regional Gardening Club: on 20 October, at 8pm, at the Edmund Rice Centre, Barrack Street, Waterford, Japanese Gardening by Ingrid Swan, MGLDA Landscape & Garden Designer. And on 17 November, at 8pm, Tales from Other People’s Gardens by Shirley Lanigan, gardening writer. Non-Members 5, insurance cover. Refreshments and Raffle to follow. Further details: 086-4083419.

If you wish to get publicity for a garden club or society event, please note that deadlines are the 7th day of the month before the month of the event, so 7 May for a June event, except 7th Sept for October and November and 7th December for January and February events.

Please send in the format used above and send to: gerrydaly@theirishgarden.ie

Thurles Flower and Garden Club: Christmas Gala Flower Demonstration by Helen Lucas AOIFA Demonstrator supporting The Irish Association for Cancer Research 8pm is on 30 November. Admission 15 includes refreshments Raffle and Sale. The CBS Primary School, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

Foxrock and District Garden Club: on 22 November in Foxrock Church Pastoral Centre, It’s all about the Plants by Hester Forde, Coosheen Garden, Cork, and on 6 December, same time and venue, Christmas Unfolding, a demonstration by Roisin Graham, followed by Christmas Party. Admission 7 for non-members. www.foxrockgardenclub.com

Dublin Five Horticultural Society: on 1 December at 8pm in The Artane Beaumont Centre, Kilmore Road, Artane, Dublin 5, Festive Floral Art by Bernadette Palminteri. All creations to be in the free raffle. Admission 10. Call 087-2423020 for further details.

Connemara Garden Club: Christmas flower arrangement demonstration will take place on 19 December in the Station House Theatre in Clifden, Co. Galway with Richard Haslam, at 8pm. Further details: breandanoscanaill@eircom.net and 095-21699.

Waterford Regional Gardening Club: on 9 December, at 6.30pm, Club Christmas Dinner at the Granville Hotel, The Quay, Waterford. Friends and Non-members especially welcome. Cost 35. Booking by 17 November. Call 086-4083419.

Blarney Castle & Gardens new gardens

The development of Blarney Castle’s gardens continues in 2017. Head gardener Adam Whitbourn has revealed plans for two new areas – a new Jungle Garden is to be created in an overgrown area adjacent to the existing Tropical border, and following a successful collecting trip in Northern Vietnam last November, there are plans in place to develop a Vietnamese woodland garden using wild-collected specimens.

Dunmore Country School

An intensive one-day horticultural course with Tanguy de Toulgo?t will bring you through the essentials of creating a garden that is both productive and a pleasure to the senses. Learn how to grow tasty vegetables in a sustainable, intensive and cost-effective way in a typical French garden where vegetables, herbs, fruits and flowers are mixed. Contact: Dunmore Country School, Durrow, Co. Laois. Tel: 087-1258002

Plantperson’s Course

Starting on 26 February at Hunting Brook Gardens, Blessington, Co. Wicklow is a Masterclass in Planting. If you are looking to increase your skills and knowledge of plants, join Jimi Blake, owner of Hunting Brook Gardens, one Sunday per month from 10am to 4pm, 12 classes per year. Contact: 087-285 6601 www.huntingbrook.com

Early season offer from Gabriel Ash

Order any Gabriel Ash cedar greenhouse in January and February 2017 and receive 500 worth of accessories from the stunning Gabriel Ash cedar accessories collection including water butt, cold frame, blinds, seed trays, cedar planters and potting trays. For more details: 087-2306 128.

Allianz Garden Show Ireland

Dates have been announced for Allianz Garden Show Ireland 2017 and it takes place 5 to 7 May 2017 and will be held again in the magnificent Antrim Castle Gardens in partnership with Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council. The 2017 Show will be larger than ever before. Keep tuned for up-dates!

Woodville Walled Garden

Woodville Walled Garden, Co. Galway, will open daily from 11am to 4pm for the month of February. There are guided tours each day at 2 pm with the head gardener Marie looking at the varied snowdrop collection and early spring bulbs. Snowdrop Event will be on 11 February with guest speaker Assumpta Broomsfield. For further details contact Margarita at 087/9069191 or www.woodvillewalledgarden.com

Mindful gardening

Recently, Irish Garden carried out the first-ever survey done in Ireland linking gardening to mindfulness, and 89% of respondents say they have experienced mindfulness in their garden. Gardening was understood to mean the action and non-action of spending time in the garden. A massive 1,567 people responded, a wide mix of social status, age profile and gardening ability. Remarkably, 99.6% said that gardening or spending time in their garden in their experience increased well-being in their life. Visit www.irishgardensubs.com/survey.html

Art of Beauty

Old roses sometimes tend to look a little bit messy and disorderly. The Charleston Rose Column is ideal for helping roses to retain a compact form whilst supporting branches straining under the heavy burden of rose blossoms in full bloom. Contact: www.classicgardenelements.ie or 087-2306 128

Coolwater gems
Coolwater Garden in Co. Limerick features an extensive water garden. A new project to install seven new circular troughs is underway. The circular troughs are painted black, with a diameter of 42″ and made of solid concrete. Planting will be a collection of ferns, tiny rhododendrons and cushion saxifrages with some other surprises also. Visit www.coolwatergarden.com

Jelitto new catalogue

From the new Jelitto catalogue, ‘Green Twister’ is a unique and colourful selection of echinacea. This lively green coneflower shows natural variation in the colour and size of the green edge. The horizontally arranged petals are arranged around a large cone. Flowering stems are shorter in the first year but normal size, 100cm, in the second year. More information on this and a huge range of perennials flowers at www.jelitto.com

Gardens of Ireland Trust

The Gardens of Ireland Trust, the new representative body for gardens open to the public, is now inviting members from the Gardens Open and Garden Tourism sector. The Gardens of Ireland Trust aims to have a new garden tourism website targeting the garden tourist and tour groups, and will work with relevant organisations to facilitate garden tourism workshops and promotion of garden visiting, both domestically and internationally. Contact: trevor@trevoredwardsgardens.com or angelajupe@gmail.com

If you’re the kind of person who loves getting outside, taking in the fresh air and blue skies around you and don’t mind getting a bit of grass on your mat, outdoor yoga may be for you!

Reap the benefits of practicing yoga outdoors in a beautiful setting and head to Powerscourt Gardens where teacher Eike Treanor will leave you feeling refreshed and rejuvenated with a weekly class which runs from July 9^th to 30^th each Saturday at 11am.

Rebalance and restore your body with this Vinyasa based class under the sky in Powerscourt’s Walled Gardens. Vinyasa yoga links breath to movement and builds endurance, flexibility and concentration. The class is suitable for all levels, both for beginners and those with experience. Open your senses and get closer to nature as you relax in the fresh air and natural light.

Teacher Eike has been studying yoga for over fifteen years and teaching for over ten years. Eike brings her unique style to each class and will bring you closer to your yoga goal. Book your place now on www.powerscourt.com/events and find inner peace in the great outdoors.

Bloom success

Almost 115,000 people attended Bord Bia’s Bloom festival in the Phoenix Park, Dublin over the June bank holiday weekend, a record attendance for Bloom with glorious sunshine helping to attract huge crowds to the 70 acre site. Artisans, exhibitors and garden designers reporting huge interest and buoyant sales onsite, valued at over 7 million. Sales in the Plant Village were 50% up on last year, and an increase of 80% with varieties such as Cornus “China Girl’ and Lychnis flos-cuculi “Jenny’ selling out before midday every day. The judging panel awarded a total of 57 medals to show garden designers and nurseries including; 24 Gold, 12 Silver Gilt, 13 Silver and 8 Bronze and the People’s Choice Award was won by Barry Kavanagh from Cavan for his Across Boundaries garden.

Cluster of coastal gardens open

A cluster of stunning, coastal gardens on the Waterford/Cork border are teaming up with Blackwater Garden Centre on Sunday, 10 July, for a showcase event, funds raised to the Alzheimer Society of Ireland. Newtown House and the Blackwater Garden Centre in Kinsalebeg are teaming up with the Rock House, Ardmore, Deiseart, Rocky Road, Ardmore and the Knight’s garden in Ballynamona, Ardmore. Participating gardens will be open from 12pm to 5pm.

Art Exhibition at Ballymaloe House

Ireland’s Blue Book has announced that the outdoor sculptural trail exhibition FORM16 Silent Expression is taking place at Ballymaloe House, Co. Cork from 21 June to 31 August. Over 90 pieces created by 31 Irish and International sculptors, including Martin Lyttle, Sonia Caldwell and Krystina Pomeroy are sited on the front lawn of Ballymaloe House.

admission is free and this stunning exhibition will be open daily from 9am to 9pm.

Carrigtwohill Open Gardens

Two Carrigtwohill Gardens will open to the public on Saturday, 2 July, from 10am to 4pm to raise money for the Cork Association for Autism. The Sensory Garden at Greenville House will open to the public along with Noel O’Keeffes beautiful cottage garden which is situated on an acre of land. They welcome the public along to see these gardens on July 2nd. Pictured at the opening were, left to right: Noel O’Keeffe, Emma Hutchinson, Michael O’Regan, Marion Courtney and Lisa Lemur from the Cork Association for Autism with the County Mayor John Paul O’Shea.

Silent pair of dogs!

“Man’s best friend’ come in a pair from Dee Brophy Decorative Antiques. Dee Brophy sources antique and old salvaged items with an eye to garden decor. Anything from dove cotes to window mirrors or copper pots to French wirework benches. If you want something noteworthy and unique to grace your garden, or if you want something in particular, contact Dee Brophy on 087-6812761.

Buds & Blossoms

The Laois Garden Festival has established itself on the annual gardening calendar with a successful first show held in June. Crowds enjoyed sunshine in the Laois countryside, plant nurseries with rare plants and 10 top expert garden speakers including The Irish Garden contributors Tanguy de Toulgoet, Mary Keenan, Fionnuala Fallon and Hester Forde. Put it in the diary for next year!

Fantasy Lights new showroom

Fantasy Lights, leading supplier of outdoor and garden lighting, has announced the stocking of a new garden lighting showroom with the latest lighting equipment for stylish and energy-efficient installation. Garden lighting has become an important element of garden design and it is now much cheaper to run. Corrosion-proof garden lighting is salt-resistant and specifically manufactured to suit coastal conditions. The garden lighting showroom at Fantasy Lights, is just five minutes from Junction 8 on the M50. See fantasylights.com.

Lafcadio Hearn Gardens

Since opening just over a year ago, the Lafcadio Hearn Garden in Waterford has attracted great interest. With a traditional Japanese tea garden, stream garden, ponds, waterfall and woodland, it is influenced by the tradition of a Japanese Strolling Garden. Lafcadio Hearn has Irish, Greek, American and Japanese connections. He is best remembered today in Japan by his adopted name, Koizumi Yakumo. Generations of Japanese children have been taught English through the medium of his translations of many key works of Japanese folklore and legend.

www.lafcadiohearngardens.com

Root Development boxes

Root Development Gardens has launched custom-made, unique and interchangeable wooden planter boxes, ideal for easily changing seasonal flowers and plants to keep your home looking fresh and colourful. Since 2003, Root Development Gardens has provided a full garden design consultancy to customers. For all further information?: www.rdgardens.ie

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Fota House ISNA Plant Fair

On Sunday, 18 September, Fota House will host the Irish Specialist Nursery Association Plant Fair. The ISNA was established to represent the smaller, specialised nurseries, which offer a wide variety of plants, services and advice. Most of the stock that they produce is propagated by themselves. They offer a large selection of plants ranging from the more common species to rare and obscure cultivars. The Fair will run from 11am to 4pm, and catering facilities will be available in Fota House and on site throughout the day. Admission 5 including parking. Tours of the newly restored Frameyard at Fota House, 5.

The Elho Bird Garden is an innovative design that allows the display of flowers and provides a place for birds. This stylish planter comes in both a vibrant lime green and a deep cherry. The double walled birdhouse ensures a good breeding climate and is easy to clean and resistant to weathering. Available from Springmount Garden Centre, Gorey, Co. Wexford, 19.99

Learn to make a garden sculpture!?

?Learn how ?to make a chicken or rabbit sculpture from chicken wire for your garden at the Tinahely Farm shop on 17 September from 10 am till 4.30pm. The day costs 85.00 includes materials for sculpture and morning coffee, lunch and afternoon tea and. Please call Philip on 087 8168457 to book a place.

EGO POWER+ – 1 year

Summing up EGO’s first year, European marketing director Steve Roskell explains: “It’s been a massively successful launch year for EGO throughout Europe. We’ve established ourselves as a market leader. Gardeners and professional landscapers alike have really bought into our brand values and have seen the benefits of lithium-ion. It’s a hassle free, quieter and more environmentally friendly alternative to both petrol and mains electric machines.”

Sunday 7th August 2016 at 2pm to 3:30pm in Festina Lente, Old Connaught Avenue, Bray, Co Wicklow. More details on www.festinalente.ie

Here at Festina Lente Gardens we pride ourselves on keeping a very good quality lawn care program throughout our walled gardens, making sure that they look their best all the year round. Come and pick up hints and valuable tips from one of our Gardeners here at Festina Lente that will give you this information. If you ever wanted to know how and appreciate how to keep a good weed free green lush lawn this workshop is for you. The 90 minute workshop and demonstration will talk you through the various stages on how to achieve this. There will be an opportunity towards the end of the workshop for questions to be asked by participants on any queries and concerns you may have about your lawn.

Topics covered include:
? Moss & weed control
? Lawn feeding
? Grass seed mixtures
? Top Dressings
? Dealing with Drainage problems

Price per person is 20. Click here to book and pay online.

Sunday 21st August 2016 at 2pm to 3:30pm in Festina Lente, Old Connaught Avenue, Bray, Co Wicklow. More details on www.festinalente.ie

Do you have an area in your garden that looks unsightly never looks like anything is hard to keep clean and tidy especially during the summer months when the weeds seem to be growing faster than you can manage to keep under control. Wild flower meadows are an alternative to lawns and boarders and can provide you with a display for many months.
You can grow a choice of:
? Annual Meadow mix
? Perennial Meadow Mix

The workshop will cover how you can recreate a pictorial meadow. Part of this workshop will be a practical demonstration showing how to prepare and sow an area to provide you with wild flowers.

Learn about the following:

? Site Assessment to include soil type aspect etc
? Sowing times Spring / Autumn
? Ground preparation
? Sowing seed mixtures
? After Care / Maintenance of the meadow garden
? Annual verses Perennial seed Mixtures
? Advantages of growing a wild pictorial meadow

Price per person is 20. Click here to book and pay online.

Humble Herb Talk with Dr Nicolas Kats
The 39th Clifden Arts Festival takes place from 15 to 25 September 2016. This 10-day festival features over 200 diverse events with an exciting programme filled to the brim with artists, writers, poets, theatre, music and visual art spectacles. Once again, the fascinating US naturopathic doctor and licensed acupuncturist, Nicolas Kats will give an informative, engaging Herb Talk which will enchant visitors.

Tag Des Gartens

Between 4 and 6 September 2016, spoga+gafa will transform Cologne into a global marketplace for everything needed for outdoor living. This year will see around 2,000 exhibitors from around 60 countries exhibit their outdoor innovations at the world’s leading trade fair for the garden and leisure industry. After its successful premiere, Tag Des Gartens, the garden exhibition for everyone will take place in Hall 8 and the adjacent Rheinpark on 3 and 4 September.

Gardens of Cork tour with Jimi Blake

The gardens to be visited are Fruitlawn Garden, Co. Laois, Blarney Castle Gardens, Bruno Nicolai’s garden and Hester Forde’s garden. Cost of trip is 220 per person and this includes travel by coach, lunch at Arthur Shackleton’s garden, all entrance fees and guided tours with garden owners and Jimi Blake. Accommodation in Cork on the night of 15 September, evening meal and lunch in Blarney are not included. If you would like to join us, then simply contact Jimi by email at Jimi@huntingbrook.com or 087-2856601.

Wexford’s Veg Patch

Michelle and Mervyn Morrison sell fresh vegetables directly to restaurants and food outlets, and now to the larger community. The Veg Patch is located in Effernoge, Ferns, producing all the vegetables that are for sale using only organic methods of production. Details can be found on www.thevegpatch.net and delivery is weekly to central county Wexford. Prices start at 12.50 per box and there is some flexibility in placing orders but for efficiency sake, certain seasonal staples are included, and tailoring an order is also an option.

Heritage Gardens Conference

Northern Ireland Heritage Gardens Trust and the Office of Public Works has announced the dates for the next conference on 7 to 9 October. The well-established 3-day format will again be adopted with the topic of Commemoration Gardens and Gardening at the exciting venue of Dublin Castle.

Russborough Restoration

The 18^th century walled garden at Russborough House, Blessington, Co. Wicklow is being restored by members of the RHSI. In 2011 members of the RHSI came on board to restore it to its former glory. With improvements made to date, it is hoped that in 2017 many foreign visitors will be able to take a guided tour of the garden given by members of the RHSI. Anyone interested in booking a group tour of the garden please contact: Friedaoconnell@russborough.ie

On TUESDAY 13th September, BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time records a programme in Cultra Manor at The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.

The celebrated panel of gardening experts will be tackling the questions put to them by local gardening enthusiasts, with Eric Robson in the chair and the team being made up of Matthew Wilson, Bob Flowerdew and Bunny Guinness.

https://nmni.com/uftm/What-s-on/Events/BBC-Radio-4-s-Gardeners–Question

Killinick Annual garden show in Johnstown Castle on Sunday September 11th from 9.30 am to 5.00 pm

Carlow’s final 1916 commeration event will be held in An G?irdin Beo beside St. Leo’s Convent, Old Dublin Road, Carlow, on Saturday 24^th September starting at 2pm.

The itinerary for the afternoon will be as follows:

? Gathering in main hall for music and introduction ? Procession to the commeration site led by a lone piper ? Commerative events around the pond? Refreshments in the main hall

The afternoon, in addition to commerating 1916, will be a great opportunity to introduce the garden to you, to show you what it is about, the work being done along with the work that still needs to be done and to show who will benefit from the garden in the future. An G?irdin Beo is a non-profit community organisation based on two acres of land beside St. Leo’s Convent. It aims to establish a garden that will enable a diverse mix of people to connect with each other, through nature, art and creativity; and the growing and making of food. For more information please go to www.angairdinbeo.org or AnGairdinBeo on facebook.

Gardening Gala

The Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland was founded in 1816 and has its bicentenary this year. In celebration, it has arranged a Gardening Gala to be held at the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin on 30 September. Gardeners and international plant-hunters, Monty Don, Dan Hinkley, and Roy Lancaster will be speakers, and Chelsea gold-winning florist, Jenny Murphy, will start the proceedings with a flower-arranging demonstration. All tickets available from Ticketmaster.

Waterford garden art exhibition

An exhibition of drawings, paintings, sculptures and other work from artists inspired by the gardens and plants at Tourin, Cappoquin, Co. Waterford, will be on display there in early October. Art historian, Patricia Butler, will launch the show on Saturday, 8 October, at 6.30 pm. This is the second of a series of Gardens of Ireland Art Exhibitions. Kilmacurragh was the first garden to invite artists to paint subjects in the garden and exhibit their work in a successful show which ran at Glasnevin last year. Twenty artists were invited to Tourin. The exhibition is open daily, 1 to 5pm until October 16.

Yanny Petters solo exhibition

The Olivier Cornet Gallery will present a solo exhibition by botanical artist Yanny Petters, opening to the public on 10 October.

Yanny Petters creates detailed paintings of plants and their habitats. This exhibition of “verre eglomis?’ panels is dedicated to Wilma Petters whose garden was the inspiration for these twelve paintings.

Rhizo power

Rhizo power is a natural tonic developed for Irish soils. It is a natural probiotic for soil with beneficial bacteria and promotes plant growth by enhancing soil nutrient levels and acting as a “bio-fertilizer’. Available to home growers, Rhizo power can be applied all year round as a general soil tonic and also direct to seeds and bulbs at sowing. It is not a mycorrhizal product but enhances the functioning of soil mycorrhizae. High bloom is for flowers and Increased crop, for vegetables. Price is 35 for 500ml, to cover 1,250 square metres. To order: www.nadicom.ie or 087-9816569.

Guided Walks: Autumn Colour

Autumn in the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 is an incredible experience and you can take a special guided tour through the autumn leaves and herbaceous borders savouring the seasonal colour, during October and November. Monday – Saturday 11.30am and 3.00pm. 5 per person. Sundays 12.00pm and 2.30pm – free of charge.

Unusual Bulbs lecture

Jacques Amand International Flower Bulb Specialists began as a flower shop in London in 1927 and has grown to become a major supplier of bulbs, including well-established favourites as well as the rare and unusual. John Amand’s lecture covers the commercial growing of bulbs and plants, some of which are rare. Organised in conjunction with the Irish Garden Plant Society and the Alpine Garden Society, on 20 October, at 8.00pm, in the Education and Visitor Centre, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin 9.

Rose umbrella!

Create beautiful displays of weeping and standard roses in your garden with Rose Umbrellas. Ideal for small and large garden displays, they are available in two forms for new and established roses with prices from 285. Classic Garden Elements are handcrafted and have a 10-year, no-rust guarantee. For ideas on using rose umbrellas, rose arches, obelisks, pillars and trellis to create beautiful rose displays, please visit: www.classicgardenelements.ie

“Gardening behaviour study

As part of a research study being conducted in Dublin Institute of Technology we would like to invite gardeners and gardening enthusiasts to share their food gardening habits in this quick questionnaire. The questionnaire can be accessed through the following link: https://goo.gl/6UnRkj

Many thanks to those who take part!”

Christmas Gala Floral Demonstration

By AOIFA Teacher & Demonstrator

Janet Maddock

In aid of

St. Mary’s & St. Gerard’s National School, Enniskerry

Janet is a qualified AOIFA Teacher & Demonstrator and is a keen gardener, who will entertain and wow on the night.

She has won National competitions and competed in Japan and done training in Germany.

In the School Hall

Thursday November 17^th @ 8pm

Open to all

All Janet’s Floral Display’s will be raffled on the night

Ticket’s 15

Available from the School Office, Sheena@maddock.ie & Sheena 0868555301

MAYNOOTH FLOWER AND GARDEN CLUB

GALA

TUESDAY 15^TH OF NOVEMBER 2016 at 8pm

GLENROYAL HOTEL, MAYNOOTH

“JAMES BURNSIDE” Demonstrator

15 includes tea coffee, mince pics & raffle ticket

The Club will make a donation to:

Maynooth Day Care Centre and Irish Association for Cancer Research

www.maynoothflowerandgardenclub.com

Enniskerry Gardening Club are delighted to announce that for our November meeting Thomas Packenham, will be giving an illustrated talk based on his recent book, The Company of Trees. He will have copies for sale at the meeting. Thomas is the author of Meetings with Remarkable Trees, which was made into a television series of the same name, and Remarkable Trees of the World.

Please note that the date of this meeting is on the second Wednesday of the month, 9^th November.

The talk will be in Powerscourt Parochial Hall, Enniskerry (next to Poppies)

on Wednesday 9^th November at 8.00 p.m.

All Welcome – 7 for non-members

Irish Seed Savers Association wins awards

Irish Seed Savers Association has been announced as the winner of the 2016 Irish Food Writers’ Guild Community Food Awards which recognise and celebrate the contributions made by organisations, enterprises and individuals to furthering social responsibility and reward stellar community efforts in the food arena. This year’s awards were made possible with the support of Slow Food Ireland.

Fruit Hill Farm raised beds

Fruit Hill Farm is offering free delivery before Christmas on its raised beds. Raised beds are easily accessible: every plant can be reached to water, inspect and finally to pick. These are made from untreated FSC-certified larch wood, they are tough and durable, and eco-friendly too! The beds give you 1m² of growing space and can be extended, easy to assemble. Dimensions: 100×100 x43cm. www.fruithillfarm.com. Tel: 027-50710

Stihl FSA 56 Compact Cordless Grass Trimmer

At just 3.3kg (including battery), the FSA 56 is lightweight and extremely quiet. The tool is well-balanced with a height adjustable shaft and changeable handle position that can be altered at the push of a button, making it comfortable for all gardeners to use and perfect for trimming those awkward to reach edges. The efficient motor and powerful 36V Lithium-Ion battery runs for up to 20 minutes. Recommended retail price for the FSA 56 starts from ?199 including battery, charger and VAT. See www.stihl.ie.

Eco Christmas Crafts

Eco Christmas Crafts is a children’s event at the National Botanic Gardens, Dublin, on 3 December. Make cool Christmas ornaments from recycled and natural materials and it’s good to know you’re helping the environment by reusing old card, paper, string, and plant material from the Gardens. Suitable for age 6 years and up. Cost: 5. Booking essential.

Portofino Roman Arch

The Portofino Roman Arch from www.classicgardenelements.ie, with clear and simple features, is an elegant and discreet entrance. The arches are made from powder-coated, galvanised steel. All rose and climbing plant supports come with a free 10-year, no-rust manufacturer’s warranty. For more, please call 087-2306128.

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