NIHGT Events

NIHGT Lecture of the Year 2025 - Planting Ideas in the Urban Forest

12/3/2025 19:00
Online - zoom

Mark Johnston will speak of his 50 years as an independent scholar in the greenspace industry.  He is the author of 'Street Trees in Britain , A History' 2022, among other works. He will reference the detail covered in his recently published book. 

2025 NIHGT Annual Conference - The World of Bulbs

2/10/2025 - 4/10/2025
Waterville Hotel, Enniskillen

The 31st annual Conference of the Northern Ireland Heritage Gardens Trust will be held in the Waterville Hotel, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, on 2-4th October 2025 on the theme of: The World of Bulbs: Their history, propagation and use in the garden throughout the year.

Papers will look at the history of commercial bulb and tuber breeding in Ireland from the 19 th century; how bulb nurseries propagate their varieties and how they produce their stock commercially; historic bulb varieties; bulbs in art; bulbs in the wild; how bulbs were planted in gardens from the 17 th century onwards.