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 members of the Northern Ireland Heritage Gardens Committee wish to congratulate their President Dr Charles Nelson FLS - on being Winner of 2012 Garden Media Guild Awards in the category of the Reference Book of the Year 2012.
The judges' comments:
'Given the vast library of horticultural reference works, it is an almighty challenge to produce one that adds something new while remaining accessible and yet attractive to handle and read. The winner stood out as indisputably important in covering a group of plants that are much loved by gardeners, whilst being an authoritative work of reference that will maintain its relevance for years to come.'
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Winner
E. Charles Nelson
Hardy Heathers from the Northern Hemisphere
Published by Kew Publishing 
Finalists
Aris Auders & Derek Spicer
RHS Encyclopedia of Conifers
Published by Kingsblue Publishing & RHS
Sarah Raven
Wild Flowers
Published by Bloomsbury
Jim Gardiner
Encyclopedia of Flowering Shrubs
Published by Timber Press
Alistair Hay, Monika Gottschalk & Adolfo Holguin
Huanduj: Brugmansia
Published by Kew Publishing
