Garden Digest: Events to help you to enjoy your room outside

Check out all the garden visits, tours, talks, events, campaigns and online resources for the room outside

Skibbereen Flower and Garden Club is holding a talk this coming week on grafting apple trees and early spring work in the garden.

Cobh Flower and Horticulture Club will hold its next meeting on Monday, February 9, in Cobh (Great Island) Community Centre at 7.30pm. Bridie and Charlie Terry will give a talk on bees entitled “Hive to Table”. Visitors welcome. Admission €5.

Clonakilty Flower Club will meet on Tuesday, February 10, at 8pm, at GAA Complex, Ahamilla, Clonakilty. The speaker is Mark Lee from Skibbereen Garden Centre. All welcome.

Skibbereen Flower and Garden Club is holding a talk on grafting apple trees and early spring work in the garden with Paul McCormack in Abbeystrewery Hall, Skibbereen, on Wednesday, February 11, at 8.15pm.

Youghal Flower and Garden Club will mark its 45th anniversary with an event on Wednesday, February 11, at 6.30pm in the Walter Raleigh Hotel. More details to follow.

Macroom Flower & Garden Club AGM takes place on Thursday, February 12, at 7pm at Coolcower House, Macroom, followed by a talk and presentation by Majella O’Riordan, registered herbalist, at 8pm. Members only. Annual membership accepted on the night. Further details on 087-9821708

Aaron Clifford, garden designer, Carewswood Landscape Design, gives a talk to Ladysbridge & District Flower & Garden Club at 8pm, Monday, February 16, at the Garryvoe Hotel.

Mallow Flower & Garden Club meets on Tuesday, February 17, at Mallow College of Further Education at 7.30pm. The guest speaker is Raymond Higgins from the National Vegetable Society (NVS) Ireland. Visitors welcome.

Conna & District Flower & Garden Club celebrates its 45th anniversary this year, beginning the celebrations with a dinner at Clancy’s Bar & Restaurant Youghal, on Wednesday, February 18, at 7pm sharp. Members only.

Owenabue Garden and Flower Club, Carrigaline, marks its 50th anniversary with a celebratory, five-course lunch, featuring a floral demonstration by Lorraine O’Brien, AOIFA, on Saturday, February 28, in the Carrigaline Court Hotel from 10.30am. Tickets, €50, are limited. Non-members welcome. Email [e-mail].

Tralee Flower and Garden Club will hold an event on March 10, at 7.30pm in the Meadowlands Hotel, Tralee. It will include a garden talk. New members and visitors welcome, €10.