DIARY DATES:
Today 3-5pm:Delgany & District Horticultural Society Rose Show and Plant Sale at St Thomas Community College, Novara Avenue, Bray, Co Wicklow.
Tomorrow 1-5pm:plant sale and farmers' market at Woodstock Gardens and Arboretum, Inistioge, Co Kilkenny. Woodstock includes a recreation of a Victorian rose garden. Car parking fee: €4.
July 19th and 20th:St Anne's Rose Festival at St Anne's Park, Raheny, Dublin 5: guided walks of the rose garden; plant stalls, garden supplies, crafts and entertainment. Garden clinic with Gerry Daly at 3pm on July 19th; Helen Dillon talk, "Making a start with home grown veg and plants in containers" at 3pm on July 20th.
Rose gardens to visit
National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 11
St Anne's Park, Raheny, Dublin 5
Town Park, Tralee, Co Kerry
City of Belfast International Rose Garden,
Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park, Upper Malone Road, Belfast BT17