Meet the Wildflowers of St Enda’s

Join Eddie Hill (OPW, St Enda's) for a National Biodiversity Week walk and talk through St Enda's Park to find and identify the wildflowers that grow there. This is a free event. Booking essential at 01 493 4208 or pearsemuseum@opw.ie.

Planning a Biodiversity Friendly Border

Join Alan Tomney (OPW, St Enda's Park) for our National Biodiversity Week talk on planning a biodiversity friendly border in your garden. This is a free event. Booking essential at 01 493 4208 or pearsemuseum@opw.ie.

Meet and Greet the Trees of St Enda’s

Join Alan Tomney (OPW, St Enda's Park) for a National Biodiversity Week walk to meet and greet the trees of St Enda's Park. This event is free. Booking essential at 01 493 4208 or pearsemuseum@opw.ie.  

Meet the Wildflowers of St Enda’s

oin Eddie Hill (OPW, St Enda’s) for a National Biodiversity Week walk and talk through St Enda’s Park to find and identify the wildflowers that grow there. This is a free event. Booking essential at 01 493 4208 or pearsemuseum@opw.ie.

Bumble Bee Walk and Honey Bee Talk

Join Eddie Hill (OPW, Pearse Musuem) for this special National Biodiversity Week Bumble Bee Walk and Honey Bee Talk. This is a free event. Booking essential at 01 493 4208 or pearsemuseum@opw.ie.

Inspired by Light, Shapes of Nature and Spiritual Symbols

Cyanotype-printing otherwise known as Sun-printing or blueprinting is a photographic technique pioneered by the famous botanist and photographer Anna Atkins 1799-1871. In this guided workshop we will explore this technique as we coat paper with cyanotype, and gather our own interesting natural shapes such as feathers, grasses, and flowers, which will gather from the wonderful […]

Container Gardening Workshop

Join Connie and Alan, OPW, St Enda's Park for a workshop on planting in containers. Get advice on which plants are suitable, siting and grouping of containers, suitable composts, colour mixing and how to look after the containers so that the plants perform to their optimum best. This is a free event but booking is […]

Guided Tour of the Walled Garden

Join Mary Hennessy, OPW, St Enda's Park for a guided tour of the Walled Garden. This event is free, but booking is essential at 01 493 4208.

Containerised Gardening Demonstration

Join Connie and Alan, OPW, St Enda's Park for a workshop on planting in containers. Get advice on which plants are suitable, siting and grouping of containers, suitable composts, colour mixing and how to look after the containers so that the plants perform to their optimum best. This is a free event but booking is […]

Inspired by light, shapes of Nature & Spiritual symbols: Cyanotype Workshop for Children

Cyanotype-printing, otherwise known as Sun-printing or blueprinting, is a photographic technique pioneered by the famous botanist and photographer Anna Atkins 1799-1871. In this guided workshop we will explore this technique as we coat paper with Cyanotype and gather our own interesting natural shapes such as feathers, grasses, and flowers which we will gather from the […]

Bird Walk around St Enda’s Park

Come and join us for a leisurely walk around the grounds of St Enda’s Park to spot the Birds that inhabit and visit our parkland. Some of the species which are regularly spotted in the Park are: Blackbird, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Common Gull, Great Tit, Grey Crow, Grey Wagtail, Heron, Jackdaw, Magpie, Mallard, Mistle […]

Bumble Bee Transect Walk

Our bumblebee transect walk involves establishing a fixed walking route (transect) within the park that is monitored once a month from March to October (8 times annually). This route within the park was  established approx 8 years ago to make it convenient for us to complete the counts when the weather is suitable. The transect […]