On Wednesday 12th March 2025, Mark Johnston joined us to speak of his 50 years as an independent scholar in the greenspace industry.
20/3/2025
NIHGT Events
The NIHGT hosts two major events each year, our Spring Lecture and our Annual Conference.
Read more about our past events or view the events archive
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2016 NIHGT Conference (Completed)
7/10/2016 - 10/10/2016
Dublin Castle, Rep of Ireland
Northern Ireland Heritage Gardens Trust and the Office of Public Works are pleased to announce 2016 conference with a Topic of "Commemoration Gardens and Gardening"
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Specialist Plant Fair Lissadell House (Completed)
22/7/2017 11:00 - 17:00
Lissadell House & Gardens Specialist Plant Fair SATURDAY 22nd July from 11.00 to 17.00
The poster shows the incorrect date - it should be 22nd July
2017 Conference (Completed)
5/10/2017 - 8/10/2017
Lissadell House, Co. Sligo
“Historic Gardens – Restore, Preserve or Conserve - Making Choice"
Rhododendron Workshop at Mount Stewart (Completed)
21/4/2018 10:00
Mount Stewart, Co.Down
On-Line Booking is NOW OPEN
Planter's Seminar (Completed)
22/9/2018 - 23/9/2018
Mount Stewart
This year’s theme celebrates productive gardening – working with nature.
Speakers at the Seminar are Bob Flowerdew, Ken Cox and Stephen Barstow.
26th Annual Conference (Completed)
4/10/2018 18:00
Market Place Theatre, City of Armagh
HERITAGE LANDSCAPES IN THE URBAN REALM
‘To the Mountains of Myanmar – A Burmese Adventure’ (Completed)
16/3/2021 19:30 - 21:00
On Line
On-Line FREE Lecture by Seamus O'Brien - ‘To the Mountains of Myanmar – A Burmese Adventure’ Tuesday 16th March 2021 @ 7.30pm
NIHGT 28th Annual Conference (Completed)
27/10/2022 - 29/10/2022
National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin
PLANTING FOR TOMORROW’S WORLD - A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Annual Lecture 2023 (Completed)
14/3/2023 19:00 - 19/2/2023 21:00
Online Zoom
SAVE THE DATE
The Annual Lecture will take place via ZOOM on Tuesday 14th March 2023 at 7pm
The lecture/presentation will be given by Dr John McCullen on Phoenix Park from 1880 to 1980.
Registration details will be available soon - watch this space!
Robinsonian Gardening - A Living Legacy (Completed)
5/10/2023 - 7/10/2023
Letterkenny, Co Donegal
Sometimes called ‘the father of the English flower garden’, William Robinson (1838-1935), the Irish gardener, journalist, and publisher, had a profound impact on late Victorian taste and ideas through promoting a new movement in garden aesthetics. As editor of many popular and influential weekly garden magazines and journals and as author of best-selling books, notably The English Flower Garden and The Wild Garden, he challenged the formality of High Victorian patterned gardening and popularised more natural planting of hardy perennials, shrubs, and climbers, in line with the honest simplicity and vernacular styles of the Arts and Crafts movement.
29th Annual Conference (Completed)
5/10/2023 - 7/1/2023
Donegal
The 29th Annual Conference will be held in Donegal (at a venue tbc) from Thursday 5th Oct to Sat 7th October 2023
Christy Boylan - The Parks and Gardens of Dublin (Completed)
20/3/2024 19:00 - 22:00
ZOOM (Pre-Registration Required)
Details of our Spring 24 Lecture will take place via ZOOM on Wednesday 20th March at 7pm
Brook Hall Estate & Gardens (Completed)
13/4/2024 14:00 - 14/4/2024 17:00
65-67 Culmore Road, Londonderry, County Londonderry, BT48 8JE
Open this weekend Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th April 2024 2-5pm.
Light refreshments in the visitor Centre
Ballintubbert Festival of Gardens and Nature (Completed)
20/4/2024 11:00 - 21/4/2024 17:00
Ballintubbert Gardens & House, Co. Laois
A two-day festival of talks, workshops, garden tours, foraging classes and more. It is all about discovering the latest ideas for creating an ecologically sustainable and beautiful garden in our launch year.
Ballyscullion Park Inaugural Book Festival (Completed)
11/5/2024 - 12/5/2024
Ballyscullion Park
Join us for the first Ballyscullion Park Book Festival on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th May 2024 in the heart of Seamus Heaney country. Weekend and day tickets are available.
Killyreagh Garden Visit and Lunch (Completed)
16/5/2024 11:00
Killyreagh House, Tamlaght, Enniskillen, BT74 4HX
Enjoy refreshments in the drawing room of this beautiful Georgian house before being taken on a guided tour of the stunning Killyreagh Garden followed by a seated lunch in the garden room.
Carlow Garden Festival 2024 (Completed)
27/7/2024 - 4/8/2024
TBC
The Carlow Garden Festival is a wonderful opportunity for budding and experienced gardeners and nature lovers to obtain practical advice from a range of informative workshops while visiting the many beautiful gardens in the county.
2024 NIHGT 30th Annual Conference (Completed)
3/10/2024 - 5/10/2024
Woodenbridge, Vale of Avoca, Co. Wicklow
The Role of Water in Historic Garden Design and Management
NIHGT Lecture of the Year 2025 - Planting Ideas in the Urban Forest (Completed)
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
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.