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Dear IGPS member Welcome to the month of May, full of promise and one of the most uplifting months of the year for a gardener. We hope you all received your copy of the Newsletter recently and enjoyed reading at least some of the articles. If by any chance you did not receive your Newsletter, […]

The latest issue of the newsletter should be with members now – Issue 152, April 2021.  This issue marks the 40th anniversary of the founding of the society with an editorial which reminds us of the aims of the society and contains some excellent articles which will appeal to members: New Irish Rhododendrons from Seamus […]

Dear IGPS member Whether you choose to use the Celtic, astronomical, or meteorological start date, spring is definitely now with us and, even better from a practical gardening point of view, summer time starts this weekend. We have both been busy with basic activities, Branka planting her potatoes and Maeve dividing herbaceous perennials, so no […]

Dear IGPS member, Welcome to our late February ebulletin. There has been more very encouraging feedback to the online lectures. Comments about the most recent one by Mike Nelhams, Curator of Tresco Abbey Gardens on the Isles of Scilly included: Enjoyed the lecture. What a garden! Joan I really enjoyed the virtual visit to Tresco. Peggy […]

 Welcome to the IGPS ebulletin Mid February 2021 Dear IGPS Members While it is obviously disappointing not to be able to go to lectures and chat to friends, the very positive aspect is that all of us, regardless of where we live, will be able to enjoy a bit of escapism and find out about […]

IGPS ebulletin January / February Dear members Welcome to another ebulletin. There was an amazing turnout of almost 200 of us from all over Ireland and further afield for Rosemary Maye’s talk on 21st January; we think everyone who enjoyed it will want to say a big thank you to her for injecting some wonderful […]

Post Brexit there are complications importing plants from GB to Ireland, North and south, with Customs checks and phytosanitary certificates needed. Most GB companies, if not all, have now stopped delivering to Ireland. Bord Bia has compiled a list at…https://www.bordbia.ie/gardening/plant-delivery-collection-services/…of nurseries and garden centres around Ireland. Please look through for online ordering and postal delivery […]

We have begun a collection of Plant Portraits, pen pictures of some favourite Irish heritage plants which you could grow in your own garden. These are now online on the society’s website: https://irishgardenplantsociety.com/ Simply click on the “Irish Plants” link at the top of the page and on “Plant Portraits” in the drop-down menu or, […]

Dear Members If you would like to register for the IGPS’s first Zoom lecture please contact Nichola Monk at; igps.membership@gmail.com Details of the lecture and notes on Zoom are given below. Also…. Members may wish to avail of the opportunity to sign up for lectures being organised by our sister organisation, Plant Heritage. Details for […]

  Designing in Challenging Times, A Shift in Perspective Garden & Landscape Designers Association Annual Seminar – online – 27 February 2021     To design in challenging times is to design in interesting times. Challenges, whether they be environmental, economic or societal, bring about change and garden designers must respond to that change with […]

  The Greedy Gardener – How to have colour in every season with Rosemary Maye Zoom lecture – MEMBERS WILL HAVE RECEIVED AN EMAIL REGARDING THIS TALK AND IT IS NECESSARY TO RESPOND TO THAT EMAIL TO REGISTER BEFORE BEING ABLE TO JOIN THE TALK. Thursday January 21st 2021 at 7.30pm Rosemary Maye is probably […]

View this email in your browser We would like to wish you a very happy new year as we all look forward to a more positive year ahead. A new year brings new opportunities. One of the first will be for all members regardless of where they are living to enjoy a couple of online […]

The mild weather which has characterised our autumn continued right up until the start of December and allowed the IGPS volunteers at the Lismacloskey Rectory Garden to have a final clearance of the weeds which had run riot during the prolonged period while the Ulster Folk Museum was closed due to the pandemic and to […]

Newsletter 150, September 2020, has been sent to members and contains a range of very interesting articles: The newsletter is one of the benefits of membership of the IGPS.

Rowallane Gardens   There wasn’t a cloud in the sky on the morning of 1st October when some members of the IGPS went on a DIY visit to Rowallane Gardens, Saintfield, Co Down. In full compliance with the regulations, each member made an individual booking and the visit was self-guided using the excellent handout prepared […]

The Folk Museum was closed for almost five months as a result of the pandemic so our volunteers have had to work like trojans in recent weeks to tackle the weeds and restore some order. But there is lots of colour from among other things Penstemon’Evelyn’ and Crocosmia ‘George Davison’ echoing the golden berries on […]

IGPS South Belfast Garden Ramble On Saturday 5th September, we had a very enjoyable visit to three very different town gardens, all in close proximity in BT9, Richmond Park South Belfast, and all owned by members of the IGPS.   Garden 1 owned by Adrian Walsh This garden combines an imaginative and colourful planting of […]