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.
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Dates set for the next NIHGT annual conference.
Fri 7th, Sat 8th & Sun 9th October 2016
"Commemoration Gardens and Gardening"
Dublin Castle, Rep of Ireland
Conference Flyer/Brochure - Now available on-line
Dates for your diary Conference 2016
We are pleased to announce the dates for the next conference.
Fri 7th, Sat 8th & Sunday 9th. Oct 2016
The well established 3-day format will be adopted with a Topic of
"Commemoration Gardens and Gardening" at Dublin Castle, Rep of Ireland.
Historic Royal Palace - Hillsborough Castle 2015 Conference - Accommodation List now available
Hillsborough Castle announced as the venue for the 2015 Conference
At a recent meeting The Committee reviewed the plans for the 2015 and 2016 Conferences - it was decided to revert back to the well established 3-day format.
Botany of Desire - 2014 INHGC Conference starts this evening
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The Topic and Venue for the 2014 Conference has been announced.
NIHGC Conference 2014 Provisional dates for you diary Friday 10 to Sunday 12th October 2014 the Venue will be annouced asap but it will be in the Dublin area.
