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Open House 2026: Plant Palaces at the National Botanic Gardens

Price

Free of charge

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Dates

16/10/2026:
There will be two tours at 11am and two tours at 2pm

Location

National Botanic Garden of Ireland – Glasnevin

National Botanic Gardens greenhouse entrance

Join us for these special tours looking at the development, construction and later restoration of our historic glasshouses.

These tours will look at two of the iconic glasshouses onsite. First The Curvilinear Range (1843-1869) where we will discver the stories behind its inception, development construction and later restoration. We will continue the tour with the history of the Great Palm House (c1884) including its restoration. The tour will end with a unique tree top walk on the gantry of this iconic glasshouse.

Contact

Glasnevin
Dublin 9
D09 VY63

01 857 0909

Getting Here

3.5 km north from centre of Dublin, Botanic Road, Glasnevin.

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