National Botanic Gardens (Ireland)
The National Botanic Gardens of Ireland ( Irish: Garraithe Náisiúnta na Lus ) include in Dublin's Glasnevin good on 19.5 hectares large park with various themed gardens, several greenhouses and some collection and administration buildings. The plant was founded in 1795 and today over 20,000 plant species and varieties harboring is the main botanical garden of the Republic of Ireland.
Founded limited by the Tolka River in the north Botanical Garden by the Dublin Society, today's Royal Dublin Society. 1878 went through the gardens in state control; since 1992 they are - managed by the Office of Public Works ( OPW ) - with an interruption from 1997 to 2003 in favor of the reconstituted device Dúchas, The Heritage Service.
Gardens
The designed primarily as an English landscape garden next to a large park includes Arboretum also specialist areas such as:
- A systematic Garden, which was created in 1854 according to a scheme of the British botanist Bentham and Hooker and more than 90 domestic plants in Ireland families botanically classified illustrates - the early 21st century, parts of this garden redesigned for new phylogenetic insights (see APG).
- A rose
- A vegetable garden
- An existing since the late 1880s, alpine rock garden
- Some waters with aquatic and wetland plants
- Various herb and shrub beds
- Colorful " Carpet Bedding " said motif plantations
- Important " Irish biotopes ", including forest, (moor ) heath, meadows and an ajar on the vegetation of the Burren Flora area
- A 2002 -scale " Sensory Garden" ( Garden of the Senses )
Blooming Irises
Water in the Landscape Park
Rose Garden
Greenhouses
The National Botanic Gardens are known for their ancient and historically significant architecture glass buildings.
On the site, there are five major greenhouse complexes:
Interior
Palm House
Roof construction
Art
Since 2002, the annual art exhibition will "sculpture in context " held in the gardens. She is since 1985 the biggest Irish sculpture exhibition, outdoor and lasts for several weeks in late summer.
Alongside these, the freely accessible botanical garden in good weather almost always several amateur or professional artists who create mainly tree or flower images. Also, photography, painting and drawing courses are offered regularly in the park.
Artist in the Garden
Other Facilities
On the whole year (up to December 25 ) open-access site is located next to the extensive " botanical library " also founded in 1847 the "National Herbarium " Ireland, a collection of approximately 600,000 dried and documented plant parts. The 1970 by the Irish National Museum relocated to the Botanical Gardens and united with the local herbarium collection has in the international index Herbariorum the DBN identifier ( the identifier DUB designated until 1970 the herbarium of the Botanical Garden ).
In 2000, a visitor center ( " Visitor Centre " ) was opened with a lecture hall, exhibition rooms and a restaurant at the entrance. There is also a permanent exhibition on the history of the Botanical Garden, a collection of paintings Portraits important botanist and an original antlers of the extinct giant Irish deer.
The Botanical Gardens in Glasnevin also manages the Kilmacurragh Arboretum in Kilbride, south of Dublin in County Wicklow, known for its conifers and kalzifugen ( kalkfliehenden ) plant is known.