Biodiversity Week 2025

at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin

Saturday 17th – 26th May

BOOKING FOR ALL EVENTS ON EVENTBRITE

Themed Tour: Pollinators’ Paradise

Daily Sat 17th – Sun 25th May @ 3pm

What do bees, bats, birds, lizards & humans all have in common? They are linked through the phenomenon of pollination, plants using animals to carry their pollen from flower to flower, giving rise to new plants, for a price. Join us to uncover the heroes, tricksters and villains of the world of pollination.

€5 per person. Booking on Eventbrite.

Themed Tour: A Natural History – 100 Years of Biodiversity Discovery in Ireland

Thurs 22nd & Sat 24th May @ 2pm

Join botanist Darren Reidy for a celebration of Biodiversity Week & the Centenary of The Irish Naturalists’ Journal. Visiting some of the most important specimens in our herbarium & living collections, we will discover some of Ireland’s rarest plants; chart the spread of prolific invasive species & learn what the future holds for our biodiversity.

€5 per person. Booking on Eventbrite.

Biodiversity Week Lecture: Bees & Climate Change

Wednesday 21st May @ 3pm

With Director of the National Botanic Gardens Matthew Jebb.

Free event. No booking required.

Themed Tour: Biodiversity Walk & Talk

Sunday 25th May @ 11.30am

Join us for a family friendly walk & talk through the Gardens for Biodiversity week.

€5 per person. Booking on Eventbrite.

Themed tour: Biophilia

Saturday 24th May @ 11am

It is believed that humans have evolved to have an instinctive bond with nature, one which our increasingly urbanised life threatens to disrupt. Engage your senses in the Gardens’ beautiful surroundings, and learn about how and why spending time around nature and natural processes can help us stay healthy in our daily lives

€5 per person. Booking on Eventbrite.

Irish Wildlife Trust People for Bees @ the Bots

Sunday 25th May @ 11:00 – 13:00

Join the Irish Wildlife Trust for a biodiversity week event at the National Botanic Gardens exploring Ireland’s wild bees. This event will consist of a short talk and a walk around the beautiful National Botanic Gardens where we will learn about the biology of wild Irish bees, what we can do to protect them as well as how to identify and record Ireland’s common bumblebees. This free event is run in collaboration between the Irish Wildlife Trust and the National Botanic Gardens and is supported by the Irish Environmental Network.

Booking is essential, through the following link:

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