A series of events are set to get under way in Co Carlow to celebrate the coming of spring and the arrival of the first snowdrops of the season.

With more than 150 named varieties of snowdrops, this impressive collection is amongst the largest in Ireland.

Scone Palace and Gardens, located just north of Perth, is steeped in Scottish history. For hundreds of years, it was the home ...

One of the first signs of spring, snowdrops push their bell-shaped heads through frozen ground and snow, creating carpets of dazzling white when little else is blooming. While dormant snowdrop bulbs ...

Robert Miller is part of Co Carlow’s galanthophile cluster ...

WITH their tiny white petals often the first to break through the hardened frosty ground, snowdrops are without a doubt the heralds of spring in Oxfordshire. And, boasting more than 60 varieties ...

Walsingham has perfect conditions for snowdrops to thrive: deciduous woodland with chalky, alkaline, humus-rich soil with good drainage, but which never dries out in summer. The open tree canopy lets ...

Slowly but surely, the chilly autumn breeze has us retreating from our gardens and into the cosy corners of our homes. But before we bid our plots farewell until next year, there’s one more thing to ...