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Entries Blooming at Rare & Special Plant Fair
- 16 April 2012
Whether you are an experienced gardener or just starting out there is a need to experience the varieties on offer at the 2012 Bord Bia sponsored Rare & Special Plant Fair. Around 40 stalls of specialist Irish growers are to be found at the splendid location of Beaulieu House & Garden Drogheda (www.beaulieu.ie).
Confirmed so far are specialists in Traditional and unusual varieties of Herbaceous varieties, hardy exotic plants, choice Perennials, Aquatic plants, Trees & Shrubs, old varieties of Roses, Small Garden and Conservatory accessories, Wood craft, Willow baskets, Garden Ceramics, Cacti, Carnivorous plants, Ferns,
Entrance fee will be inclusive of entry to the famous Beaulieu 4 acre walled Garden and limited guided tours of the house will be available to purchase. A selection of refreshments is proposed or visitors are welcome to picnic in the wonderful setting with views over the river Boyne.
The Rare & Special Plant Fair was established in 2001 to ensure that the gardening public has an opportunity to purchase rare, unusual and special plants at reasonable prices, and to ensure that nurseries and breeders of these plants in Ireland have an opportunity to present them for sale. At the same time, the Fair aims to provide an opportunity for visitors to visit a private garden that they might not otherwise visit. The fair is an annual event, always held on the second Sunday in May. Over the last eleven years the event has grown in stature and reputation with the fair being hosted in some of Ireland’s most notable and beautiful private gardens, and in public and state gardens of note, including Farmleigh, Phoenix Park, Dublin, Fota House and Gardens, Co. Cork, St. Anne’s Park, Raheny, Castletown House, Celbridge and Birr Castle Demense, Co. Offaly.
The 2012 National Famine Commemoration will take place in nearby Drogheda of the Boyne, during the same day, where a visit from An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny is planned.
Source: Horticulture Ireland - Entries Blooming at Rare & Special Plant Fair
