A perfect afternoon awaits you all this weekend — Head to Claregalway castle, have a coffee and light refreshment, hear some live music and buy a plant to start the Spring.
The Spring Garden Fair is the first event of the year at Claregalway Castle. It will feature many of Ireland’s best nurseries and rare plant specialists and many well-known members of Irish Specialist Nurseries Association (ISNA ) for whom this will be their first event of the season.
The Spring Garden Fair is the perfect opportunity for gardeners of all levels to visit Claregalway Castle and speak informally to the experts who will give advice and suggest the perfect plant choices for your garden: whatever its size, shape or aspect, making it the place you will want to be, to enjoy the summer ahead.
This will be a warm, welcoming and special gathering to begin the Spring. An unmissable event for anyone about to start a garden, or develop their existing garden, patio, or window-boxes, or wishing to enjoy good food and see handmade Irish crafts.
Come along and meet the specialists who can address your garden problems, and are willing to share their knowledge and wisdom. It is an opportunity to buy one or two extraordinary plants at modest cost – all produced in Ireland for Irish weather conditions.
Meet friends at the Castle Tea Rooms with light refreshments and cakes available all day. Have lunch with Handsome Burger. Music from Silvermoon trad Jazz Quartet will add to the pleasure of the occasion.
Garden Exhibitors will include-
Rare Plants Ireland – Range of rare and unusual trees, shrubs and perennials. Many of these specimens have been sourced during plant hunting expeditions in Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Azores and Sikkim.
Gortkelly/Coldblow Nursery – specialist herbaceous plants
Slug Gone- Organic slug control and hanging baskets
Mulhall Obelisks- Garden arches, obelisks and a variety of plant supports
Shady Plants – Ferns and other shade loving plants
Burnafea Willow Works
Kilmurry Nursery
Irish Fuchsia Nursery
Leaf and Petal
Crooked Boot Farm and Nursery
Dangan Nursery.
Craft and other vendors-
Irish Botanic Artists Society, The Little Cheese Stall, The Owl Tree, Inspirations 4U, Cole Ceramics, Soap Naturally, Scents of Galway, Gran Grans Food and Handsome Burger.
Don’t miss this special opportunity to meet the experts as the gardening season gets underway.
Claregalway Castle, Sunday, April 3rd , 11-6pm. Admission €5, limited parking onsite.
The Annual Galway Garden Festival will take place on Saturday & Sunday 6-7th July from 11am – 6pm daily )
For more information on any of the above events see the Facebook page or call Claregalway Castle on 091 799 666.
