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Events for Heritage Week in the Gardens
August 17, 2010
This year the Gardens are celebrating heritage week with tours of our trees, lectures on Invasive Aliens, traditional Music, St. George's Brass Band and a wood turning demonstration. At our Kilmacurragh Garden we have tours of the restoration project on wild flower meadows.
See the events page for further information . . .

The Interconnected Earth
December 16, 2009
To launch the International Year of Biodiversity, the Gardens is celebrating with a unique, specially commissioned piece of art that demonstrates the diversity of the Natural World. The Interconnected Earth is a 50 foot long banner depicting everything from pollen grains to blue whales all linked through the double helix of a DNA molecule. The banner is now on display in the National Botanic Gardens.

Read more . . .

'Extinct Plant' flowers at Glasnevin
January 18, 2010
Abutilon pitcairnense was thought to be extinct until July 2002, when Pitcairn Islander Carol Warren discovered a single flowering specimen. Today through the work of Carol, and botanists from Trinity College and the National Botanic Gardens, the plant is now set to make a comeback . . .

Read more about it. . .

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2010 marks the United 
Nations International 
Year of Biodiversity