The 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.

ERNEST CHARLES NELSON (1951-2024)

We're very happy to announce Christy Boylan will give our Spring online lecture on the topic of 'The Parks and Gardens of Dublin'.

The Annual Lecture will take place via ZOOM on Tues 14th March 2023 @ 19.00

The lecture/presentation will be given by Dr John McCullan

The 29th Annual Conference will be held from Thurs 5th to Sat 7th Oct 2023 in Donegal with a theme of Robinsonian Gardening - A Lasting Legacy.

Conference Presentations
We hope to make many of the Presentations available here.
For those currently available please see links below:

The 2nd Annual Spring Lecture will be on Tuesday 15th March 2022

ZOOM ONLINE LECTURE AT 7PM 'CASTLEWELLAN ARBORETUM - FINDINGS FROM NEW RESEARCH' by MICHAEL LEAR.

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2nd Annual Spring Lecture on Tuesday 15th March 2022 at 7pm

ZOOM ONLINE LECTURE by MICHAEL LEAR

'CASTLEWELLAN ARBORETUM - FINDINGS FROM NEW RESEARCH'

Recently published Easter Newsletter 

Video Recording of ‘To the Mountains of Myanmar – A Burmese Adventure’ Lecture by Seamus O'Brien Tuesday 16^th March 2021

‘To the Mountains of Myanmar – A Burmese Adventure’ On-Line ZOOM Presentation/Lecture by Seamus O'Brien on Tuesday 16th March 2021 @ 7.30pm

The NIHGT Directors & Committee are saddened by the death of our dear friend John O'Reilly.
John & his sorrowing wife Mary have been strong supporters of the work of the NIHGT and in particular the Annual Conference.

Now available in the RESEARCH area of the NIHGT web pages:
A concise history of the development of the Garden at Glenveagh Castle is presented here. There have been three significant periods of development of the Garden, the first - during the ownership of Mrs Adair from 1885-1921, the second - that of Henry McIlhenny from 1937- 1983 and the third - most recently under State ownership from 1983 to the present.

History of deer management in Ireland with special reference to the Glenarm Deer Parks by Terence Reeves-Smyth 

The managed exploitation of deer and its role in the history of the Irish landscape from prehistoric times is examined with particular reference to hunting and deer parks. Being the chief surviving physical manifestation of past deer management, deer parks were first introduced by the Normans, though they became a dominant feature in Ireland only during the 17th and 18th centuries, after which their numbers declined with the ascendance of fox hunting. One of the largest and best recorded of these parks, the 3,000-acre Great Deer Park at Glenarm, Co Antrim, is subject here to special attention.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) ANNOUNCEMENT

The Committee are sad to announce that the 28th Annual Conference will be POSTPONED to 21-23 Oct 2021.

The venue and the theme will remain the same.

Save the Date: The 2020 ANNUAL CONFERENCE will be 1-3rd Oct

The Officers & Committee were sad to learn that Samuel McGredy died at his home in New Zealand on the 26th August. 

NIHGT Conference 3-5 Oct 2019

Program & Booking Form now available to download from NIHGT Web site.

Interim Notice: The Committee are sad to annouce the passing of esteemed friend and founder member of the NIHGC.

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2019 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Thursday 3rd Oct to Saturday 5th October 2019