New and improved glasshouses arrive in the 1800s.
2 min
The great iron-founder, Richard Turner, designed the ‘curvilinear range’ in 1843.
5 min
The stunning protea flower, named after the shape-shifting Greek god Proteus.
2 min
This plant traps and eats birds, and even sheep.
2 min
The tea tree shrub: the scented oil in its leaves is to deter pests.
3 min
Form follows function.
2 min
This tree has no leaves!
2 min
The elegant Palm House is the tallest building in the gardens.
3 min
Orchids were grown for the very first time from seed at Glasnevin in the 1840s
4 min
The tallis cycad is over a hundred years old, and technically it is already extinct!
3 min
Bananas growing and flowering in Glasnevin’s Great Palm House.
2 min
Succulents a Hollywood story.
5 minThe glorious curvilinear glasshouse and the Palm House feature in this green tour. Discover the world’s loneliest plant, a tree with no leaves, Irish bananas, and even plants that eat sheep. Follow the green signs, and allow 40-60 minutes for the tour. The route is suitable for those in wheelchairs. Opening hours: summer (mid-Feb to mid-Nov) 9am-6pm, and 9am-4.30pm in winter. T +353 1 857-0909
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