Welcome to the Carlow Garden Festival website
The Annual Carlow Garden Festival will be running from 28th July 2012 to 5th August 2012 Details will be added to this website as they are confirmed ..... About Carlow Garden Festival Celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2011, Carlow’s Floral Festival Trail is a gardening, flora and nature extravaganza. We continue to bring you informative gardening and environmental workshops hosted by some of Ireland’s best known TV and radio experts. The Festival also includes a country fair at Duckett’s Grove Historic House and Walled Gardens featuring a large craft and food fair, musical performances, traditional craft demonstrations and fun for the entire family. From bulbs to borders and woodland to wildlife, the Carlow Garden Festival is a great opportunity for budding and experienced gardeners and nature lovers to obtain practical advice and tips from some of Ireland’s most respected gardening and nature personalities. Now in its 10th year and widely recognised as the South-East’s premier gardening event, the festival offers the perfect break for flower, garden and nature lovers. Whether you are about to tackle your first ever gardening project or looking to hone your gardening skills, Carlow Garden Festival is full of informative lectures and easy to follow workshops designed to suit your needs. Visitors to the festival also have the opportunity to visit the Carlow Garden Trail, a collection of 16 different gardening attractions including great old gardens that have been lovingly restored and smaller gardens maturing beautifully with time. Award winning garden centres and forest parks complement the joy of a visit here. A range of special “Garden Breaks” are designed to ensure you get the most from your visit to the county. enjoy tv and radio gardeners | free events | workshops | floral displays | nature trails | garden visits | music & entertainment | duckett's grove country fair |
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Garden Breaks: blooming great accommodation offers 2011
click to download PDF brochure Famous gardening and nature faces: Paul Martin - Delta Sensory Gardens Saturday 30th July
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.................................................... Monday 1st August, Rathvilly Garden Centre: Brian Cross - columnist with The Irish Garden. ....................................................
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Frances MacDonald has worked in gardening for over 30 years. She trained in the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin. After a spell in Japan, she worked in the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew. She now lives in Co. Wexford at The Bay Garden which opens to the public during the summer months. Frances’ company Bay Garden Tours organises and guides garden tours in Ireland, to the major horticultural shows and gardens in England, Madeira, Italy, France, Wales, Scotland, Japan, China, Pennsylvania and South Africa. She has worked as the series consultant on the RTE Radio 1 programme ‘Planting Passions’. She judges at Hillsborough Garden Show, Harrogate Spring and Autumn Show. She lectures and writes on gardening for various magazines and journals and is a columnist with Garden Answers magazine. ...
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