Garden Digest: Events to help you to enjoy your green spaces

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

A camelia in bloom in the lower garden at Lismore Castle. Picture: Denis Minihane

Clonakilty Flower Club will hold a flower arranging demonstration by Nora Gallagher, Aoifa, on Tuesday, March 10, at the GAA Complex, Ahamilla, Clonakilty, at 8pm. All are welcome.

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

Skibbereen Flower and Garden Club are holding a demonstration with Sheila Gilbert, Clonakilty on Wednesday, March 11, at 8.15pm in Abbeystrewery Hall. All very welcome.

Youghal Flower and Garden Club will hold a gala charity demonstration by Ali Dietrich, Aoifa, on Wednesday, March 11, at the Walter Raleigh Hotel in support of Aoifa charity Breast Cancer Ireland. Tickets available from committee members and on the door on the night. Admission €15. All welcome.

Macroom Flower & Garden Club will host a gardening talk at Coolcower House, P12E135, on Thursday, March 12, at 8pm. Guest speaker Julie Roche will talk about spring gardening. New members and visitors welcome. Annual membership now due. Further information contact 087-9821708.

Kinsale Garden and Flower Club will host a floral art demonstration, ‘Renewal in Bloom’ with Melanie Harris, Aoifa, on March 12, in St Multose Hall, at 8pm. Visitors welcome; €10.

Glengarra Flower and Garden Club presents an Easter floral demonstration, ‘Spring is in the Air’, with Jasmine O’Gorman on Thursday, March 19, at 7.30pm, Burncourt Community Hall, E21X674. Door prizes and refreshments. Non-members €10. Text 087-274 2516 to book your place.

Mallow Flower and Garden Club will hold an event on Tuesday, March 24, at 8pm in Mallow College of Further Education, West End, Annabella, Mallow. It includes a garden talk with Siobhan O’Mahony. New members and visitors welcome, €10.

Sarah Evans of Flowers from the Secret Garden hosts a floral retreat from April 28-29 at the luxurious Almanage, Tipperary. See Blossomintospring.my.canva.site or contact Sarah on 086-1200269.

Bord Bia Bloom, Ireland’s most celebrated festival of gardening, food, and sustainable living, returns for its 20th year this June bank holiday weekend. Early-bird tickets are available until March 16 on Bordbiabloom.com.

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