Best time to visit Botanic Garden?

Andrew Flexing

Hi all,

Anyone know if now would be a good time to visit the botanic gardens? would there be much in bloom now?

Capt'n Midnight

I suppose it depends on what you are into
usually worth a visit for the greenhouse stuff anytime

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http://www.botanicgardens.ie/educ/info.htm

different set of plants down in Wicklow
http://www.botanicgardens.ie/kilmac/kilmnews.htm

Tree

All the spring flowers are up, so it's pretty good, but i like it even in winter, they still have lovely trees and there's some heather for cold months colour. Either way it's great.

I still havent made it down to the different set of plants in wicklow though. They do run regular meadows and woodlands walks that point out things of interest.

woodchuck

I was there the other day and there’s plenty starting to bloom now.

I think the best time of year is around August/September though, when the rose garden is in bloom But there’s never really a bad time to go!

Oh late spring/early summer can be good too; sometimes there are baby ducks :pac:

Capt'n Midnight

woodchuck wrote: »

Oh late spring/early summer can be good too; sometimes there are baby ducks :pac:

And squirrels

But I think they were greys

Tree

Only ever seen grey squirrels alright. They're mad cocky too, stand there and stare you down. People seem to pet them too, though there's a sign up at the info desk warning about getting bitten.

Tree

Only ever seen grey squirrels alright. They're mad cocky too, stand there and stare you down. People seem to pet them too, though there's a sign up at the info desk warning about getting bitten.

woodchuck

Yeah there only seem to be grey squirrels... but I love them :pac:

There don't tend to be many around in Winter, but they're starting to come back out now I think. There can be loads around during the summer

I also saw a rat once... I thought he was cute (I'm aware that I'm odd btw... I don't pet them at least :P)

sandyfordboi

The trinity botanical gardens in darty are quite good too! although they are much smaller than the ones in glasnevin but they still have loads of interesting plants

woodchuck

I wasn't overly impressed with Trinitys gardens I have to say... but it's been a few years (oh dear... 7ish :eek:) since I've been there. They don't have a pond sure they don't? Most of what I love about the glasnevin one is the pond with all the ducks and other wildlife around the area

sandyfordboi

woodchuck wrote: »

I wasn't overly impressed with Trinitys gardens I have to say... but it's been a few years (oh dear... 7ish :eek:) since I've been there. They don't have a pond sure they don't? Most of what I love about the glasnevin one is the pond with all the ducks and other wildlife around the area

em well its looking pretty decent now ( biased opinion cause i study their ) emm not in the gardens but where the apartments are there's ducks and fish :P

woodchuck

sandyfordboi wrote: »

em well its looking pretty decent now ( biased opinion cause i study their ) emm not in the gardens but where the apartments are there's ducks and fish :P

Maybe it's time I gave it another chance so :P Can anyone just walk into the gardens, or do you have to be a student?

sandyfordboi

woodchuck wrote: »

Maybe it's time I gave it another chance so :P Can anyone just walk into the gardens, or do you have to be a student?

Na anyone can walk in as far as i know and the staff are pretty nice too so they dont mind! just pick a day when the weather is nice