Daily Guided Tour
2025-09-26 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-27 11:30 - 12:30, 2025-09-27 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-28 11:30 - 12:30, 2025-09-28 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-29 11:30 - 12:30, 2025-09-29 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-30 11:30 - 12:30 (Europe/Dublin) and 12 more dates
Join us for a guided exploration of our living collections with expert guides, hear the history of how our Gardens came to be, and learn about the importance of the plant kingdom in all our lives.
Daily at 11.30am and 3pm
Tickets €5 per person, available from Eventbrite.
PLEASE NOTE:
This tour slot is intended for individuals and couples, families and friends etc.
For group bookings, please contact the Visitor Centre directly at botanicgardens@opw.ie or 01 8040319.
Tours will take place with a minimum of 2 people.
Children under 12 go free.
Unable to Attend? Please Cancel
• by cancelling your reservation on Eventbrite – or
• by phoning us during opening hours at (01) 804 0319 or (01) 857 0909.
You’ll free a space for someone else to attend.
Where to Meet
Meet in front of the Visitor Centre, outside the Café. Your guide, wearing an identifiable name badge, will meet you there

Guided Tour: Sculpture in Context 2025
2025-09-27 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-10-04 11:00 - 12:00 | OPW National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin, D09VY63, Ireland
Staged annually at the Gardens, Sculpture in Context is the longest running and most prestigious sculpture exhibition in Ireland, showcasing the inspiring and extraordinary work of both established and emerging artists throughout 48 acres of gardens and glasshouses. Join us for this specially curated guided tour taking in some of the sculptures and highlighting the skills of the artists and the questions their works raise, in the glorious surroundings of the Gardens in autumn.
PLEASE NOTE:
This tour slot is intended for individual visitors. For group bookings, please contact the Visitor Centre directly at botanicgardens@opw.ie or 01 8040319.
By booking a tour, you affirm that, to the best of your knowledge, all members of your party have no symptoms of COVID-19.
Tours will take place with a minimum of 2 people.

Unable to Attend? Please Cancel
If you make a booking and find yourself unable to attend do please let us know
• by cancelling your reservation here on Eventbrite – or
• by phoning us during opening hours at (01) 804 0319 or (01) 857 0909.
You’ll free a space for someone else to attend.

Where to Meet
Meet at the sign in front of the Visitor Centre, outside the Café. Your guide, wearing an identifiable name badge, will meet you there.

Themed Tour: The Edible Garden
2025-09-27 14:00 - 15:00 | OPW National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin, D09VY63, Ireland
Step into the Edible Garden: From the Common to the Curious, a themed tour through the Botanic Gardens where everyday herbs meet exotic edibles.
Wednesdays and Saturdays in September:
3.09, 6.09, 10.09, 13.09, 17.09, 20.09, 24.09, 27.09 at 2:00 PM.
PLEASE NOTE:
This tour slot is intended for individual visitors, friends, families etc.
For group bookings, please contact the Visitor Centre directly at botanicgardens@opw.ie or 01 8040319.
Tours will take place with a minimum of 2 people.
Unable to Attend? Please Cancel
• by cancelling your reservation here on Eventbrite – or
• by phoning us during opening hours at (01) 804 0319 or (01) 857 0909.
You’ll free a space for someone else to attend.
Where to Meet
Meet in front of the Visitor Centre, outside the Café. Your guide, wearing an identifiable name badge, will meet you there.

Kid's Drop By Activities
2025-09-28 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-09-30 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-09-30 15:30 - 16:30 | OPW National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin, D09VY63, Ireland
Kids, join us for fun activities in the dedicated Children’s Erasmus Education Garden! Each week we will have a different activity to help you to become an expert gardener. Sow your own vegetable and flower seeds, play some nature games or re-use everyday things to create your own piece of eco-art.
Check out our Facebook page to find out the week’s activity in advance!
Suitable from ages 4 and up. All children must bring their own grown-up! If you wish to bring a group, please contact us and we can arrange a time for you.
Sundays Easter to end September and Tuesdays in Easter Holidays, July and August. 20 minute sessions start at 11.00am,11.30am, 3.30pm & 4.00pm.Tuesdays during school term time 3.30pm & 4pm.
No need to book, first come first served.

Dublin Festival of History: Natures Medicine Chest
2025-09-28 14:00 - 15:00 | OPW National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin, D09VY63, Ireland
Join us for Dublin History Festival. Explore traditions and customs associated with folk medicine through a selection of well-known native medicinal plants. Join us for this tour focused on medicinal plants in the Dublin region.
Booking essential on Eventbrite.

Kid's Drop By Activities
2025-09-28 15:30 - 16:30 | OPW National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin, D09VY63, Ireland
Kids, join us for fun activities in the dedicated Children’s Erasmus Education Garden! Each week we will have a different activity to help you to become an expert gardener. Sow your own vegetable and flower seeds, play some nature games or re-use everyday things to create your own piece of eco-art.
Check out our Facebook page to find out the week’s activity in advance!
Suitable from ages 4 and up. All children must bring their own grown-up! If you wish to bring a group, please contact us and we can arrange a time for you.
Sundays Easter to end September and Tuesdays in Easter Holidays, July and August. 20 minute sessions start at 11.00am,11.30am, 3.30pm & 4.00pm.Tuesdays during school term time 3.30pm & 4pm.
No need to book, first come first served

October Themed Tour: Samhain Embers
2025-10-04 14:00 - 15:00 | OPW National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin, D09VY63, Ireland
Samhain Embers: The folklore and traditions of Irish plants
Rekindle the ancient folklore and traditions of Samhain on this special Halloween tour. Explore the myths and folklore of plants that were used during this otherworldly time and discover the stories associated with them. Please note this tour is aimed at adults.
PLEASE NOTE:
This tour slot is intended for individual visitors, friends, families etc.
For group bookings, please contact the Visitor Centre directly at botanicgardens@opw.ie or 01 8040319.
Tours will take place with a minimum of 2 people.
Unable to Attend? Please Cancel
• by cancelling your reservation on Eventbrite – or
• by phoning us during opening hours at (01) 804 0319 or (01) 857 0909.
You’ll free a space for someone else to attend.
Where to Meet
Meet in front of the Visitor Centre, outside the Café. Your guide, wearing an identifiable name badge, will meet you there.

Dublin Festival of History: Howya Me Auld Flower
2025-10-05 14:00 - 15:00 | OPW National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin, D09VY63, Ireland
Join us for a special garden tour for the Dublin Festival of History. Digging deep into the roots of Dublin’s place names to explore its lost natural environments, from The Cherry Orchard to The Big Tree, this talk will take us on a botanical journey through Dublin’s medieval and prehistoric landscape.
Booking essential on Eventbrite.
