On Wednesday 12th March 2025, Mark Johnston joined us to speak of his 50 years as an independent scholar in the greenspace industry.
2025 NIHGT Annual Conference - The World of Bulbs
Event Details
Conference fee:
Early Bird (before 31st July) – £249 / €295
From 1st August – £269 / €319
Fee includes coffee/tea, lunches and dinner.
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.