The Irish alphabet comes into focus at the inaugural exhibition of the ISBA in the National Botanic Gardens, Dublin, writes Alexandra Caccomo
Terence Reeves-Smyth explores the development of the famous Robinsonian garden outside Saintfield, County Down
Terence Reeves-Smyth traces the development of the world-famous arboretum at Castlewellan, Co Down, framed by sea and mountains
The Irish National Memorial Gardens at Islandbridge in Dublin represents one of the most admirable and noble projects undertaken in the newly founded Irish Free State, writes Kevin V Mulligan
What’s in a name? Is botany an art or a science or a hybrid, muses Matthew Jebb, as he walks through The National Botanic Gardens.
While his father made the Grand Tour, James Hamilton 2nd Earl of Clanbrassill preferred to stay at home and make improvements on his estates, the greatest of which is Tollymore, Co Down, writes Peter Murray