Open House 2026: Plant Palaces at the National Botanic Gardens
Dates
16/10/2026:
There will be two tours at 11am and two tours at 2pm
Location
National Botanic Garden of Ireland – Glasnevin
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.
Getting Here
3.5 km north from centre of Dublin, Botanic Road, Glasnevin.
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