NIHGT Events

The NIHGT hosts two major events each year, our Spring Lecture and our Annual Conference.

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2025 NIHGT Annual Conference - The World of Bulbs

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

The 31st annual Conference of the Northern Ireland Heritage Gardens Trust will be held in the Westville 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.