The Moores of Glasnevin: the Irish Rhododendron Story By Seamus OBrien

'The golden age of plant exploration and introduction' The Moores of Glasnevin: the Irish Rhododendron Story Dr David Moore and his son Sir Frederick Moore were the greatest Directors of the Royal (now National) Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin in Dublin, between them the managed the gardens from 1838 to 1922, by which time the only botanic gardens that could match it for botanical and horticultural excellence were its sister gardens at Kew and Edinburgh. From its earliest years Glasnevin was involved in the introduction of Rhododendron species to British, Irish and European gardens, introducing Rhododendron arboreum subsp. zeylanicum to cultivation in 1836 and continuing the process further through the collections of the Great Plant Hunters like E. H. Wilson, Joseph Rock, George Forrest, Captain Frank Kingdon Ward, and those of Lady Charlotte Wheeler Cuffe from Mount Victoria in the Chin Hills of Myanmar (Burma).  There's a Questions and answers panel following the lecture with Seamus OBrien (Head Gardener at Killmacurrah) and Mark Bobin(Head Gardener at Minterne Gardens) Enjoy!