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.
he Northern Ireland Heritage Gardens Trust recently held a very successful conference at the Woodenbridge Hotel, Co Wicklow, when over a hundred delegates from Ireland and Great Britain enjoyed a programme of talks about The Role of Water in Historic Garden Design and Management.
Christy gave our Spring Lecture earlier this year, giving us a foretaste of what was to come, and, for those also attending our conference next week, there will be a number of the books available to buy as well as an opportunity to speak to the author.
The main conference hotel is almost fully booked but do not fear there are lots of alternative Hotels and guest houses in this area of outstanding beauty.
You can explore the options by following link:
http://www.larne.gov.uk/template1.asp?pid=900&area=6&text=1
We look forward to seeing you all in October for the confernce on the "Antrim Coast Road" - voted by the Lonely Planet to be the 6th 'Must See' sight in the WORLD. The Grand Canyon was 7th!
