Join us for an inspiring lecture on the fascinating world of fuchsias, organized by the Irish Garden Plant Society. The Wonderful World of Fuchsias by Leonie Meehan Date: Saturday, 15 February Time: 14:00 Leonie Meehan established the Irish Fuchsia Nursery in 2018, with the goal of producing top quality, disease free, robust plants which are […]
Join us for a talk on Birdwatching in Georgia with Rosena McShane. Hosted by BirdWatch Ireland's Tolka Branch on Wednesday 19th February at 7.30pm. This talk will detail the birds seen and photographed in Georgia in the snowy Caucasus Mountains in the north and near the southern border with Azerbaijan, on a birdwatching trip organised […]
While we have lost almost all of our native woodlands, we continue to have a record of their existence through our placenames. Did you know that in Ireland we currently have 328 baronies, 2,509 civil parishes and 61,119 townlands. It is estimated that 13,000 townlands or 20% are named after trees, groves of trees and […]
As part of Tree Week please join us for The Annual Augustine Henry Forestry Lecture - Trees and Climate Change by Dr. Matthew Jebb Director, National Botanic Gardens. Admission is free and all are welcome.
There will be a short talk and fun bird quiz along with the Tolka Branch Birdwatch Ireland Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, 19th March 2025 in the Botanic Gardens auditorium, starting at 19:45. The doors and car park opens at 19:30 and the car park is free. Anyone can participate in the talk and quiz, […]
Join us for this special Biodiversity Week Lecture with Dr. Matthew Jebb, Director of the National Botanic Gardens. This is a free lecture and will take place in the auditorium.
Arboreal reality and fantasy in Ulysses from Barney Kiernan's pub to Avondale Written by Donal Magner Presented by Brendan Lacey In Ulysses, Joyce repeatedly references trees and the nature of Irish forestry in 1904. The talk explores Joyce’s arboreal world and transposes the narrative to what was actually happening to rescue Ireland’s vastly depleted forests […]
Join us for a special talk for the Dublin Festival of History. On 20th August 1845, as the magnificent Curvilinear Range of glasshouses began to take shape in the National Botanic Gardens, curator David Moore spotted something sinister among the potatoes of the vegetable plot: the first instance in Ireland of the blight that would […]
The Dry Garden is something we have all experienced at some time - especially this year. We cannot water the whole garden so how do we cope and create areas of interest that can survive dry conditions? With decades of hands-on horticultural experience, Paul and Sharron Cutler have shaped gardens across the UK and Ireland. […]
Join our Dublin Tolka branch for an evening with John Coveney to discuss his experiences in the USA and the spring birds he encountered. For further details or to be added to the mailing list contact; Rosena McShane (chair) Marie Sinnott (secretary) or Jim Dixon (treasurer) at dublinbirding@gmail.com