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07, 2024
Visit Irish Seed Savers: Now Offering FREE ENTRY!
Experience the beauty and diversity of Irish Seed Savers – now with free entry! Summer and Autumn are the ideal times to explore the heritage seed gardens and orchards. Watch the video below for a taster of what to discover our 20 acre organic farm. Discover an Oasis of Biodiversity: Explore 20 [...]
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07, 2024
Potted Apple Trees Now on Sale!
We are delighted to offer a selection of large 2-year-old potted Irish heritage apple trees, perfect for adding a piece of Ireland’s rich food crop heritage to your garden. These robust and healthy trees are ready to be planted and will soon yield delicious, unique apples. Pay a visit to our 20 acre organic farm [...]
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06, 2024
The Mayo Common Cabbage at Ashford Castle
The Mayo Common Cabbage doesn’t sound like much, and it might not grab your attention when flicking through the Irish Seed Savers catalogue at first glance. However, thanks to Irish Seed Savers it has made for a very interesting vegetable despite its name. I only became aware of the heritage variety a few [...]
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06, 2024
Celebrating Heritage and Community: The Calli Collective’s Mayo Common Cabbage Project
The Calli Collective is a unique collaborative arts initiative that places food and people at its heart. This project brings together plants, pots, and people to foster community engagement, promote knowledge exchange, and support localized food systems and biodiversity. Visual artist Niamh Gibbons from the Calli Collective recently shared insights into their work [...]
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06, 2024
Landraces Key to On-farm Diversity
The meaning of the term “landrace” is hard to pin down but it is a term that anyone interested in plant genetic conservation should know. A landrace is a traditional crop variety, also known as a farmer, local or primitive variety. A working definition is: “A landrace of a seed-propagated crop is a [...]
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05, 2024
Join Irish Seed Savers at Bord Bia Bloom 2024!
We are thrilled to announce that Irish Seed Savers will once again be part of the vibrant and inspiring Bord Bia Bloom festival in Phoenix Park from Thursday, May 30th to Monday, June 3rd! This year’s Bloom promises to be an exceptional event, filled with innovation, sustainability, and a celebration of horticulture, food, [...]
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05, 2024
How To Guide Launch
To celebrate Orchard Blossom Day on April 26th, Irish Seed Savers and Ruth Wilson, Farmland Pollinator Officer, National Biodiversity Data Centre, launched The How-to-Guide: Traditional Orchards and Fruit Trees for Pollinators on the Farm. The guide, developed by Irish Seed Savers and the National Biodiversity Data Centre All Ireland Pollinator Plan, was created to provide information [...]
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04, 2024
Clare Garden Festival
Dive into the world of sustainable gardening and seed saving with Irish Seed Savers at the Clare Garden Festival on April 28th! Join us at our stall, where you'll discover a treasure trove of organic open-pollinated heirloom seeds, Irish Seed Savers organic heritage apple juice, and an eclectic array of books on seed saving, [...]
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04, 2024
Be a Tourist in Your County!
Join us for a memorable experience on Saturday 20th April at Irish Seed Savers’ 20-acre organic farm, nestled in the serene landscape of East Clare, as part of the “Be a Tourist in Your Own County” promotion. Immerse yourself in the beauty and biodiversity of our organic farm, established in 1991 with a mission to preserve Ireland’s [...]
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03, 2024
The Urban Orchard Project
In the heart of Limerick, a city with a rich cultural history intertwined with the land, the Limerick Civic Trust has embarked on a transformative journey with its Urban Orchard Project. Twinned with Cracking Light Productions, a film and media production company and with the support of Limerick City and County Council, the overarching aim [...]
