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Guided Tour of Enniskillen Castle

Saturday 1st June
Enniskillen Castle Museums
Normal admission rates apply

Car Boot Sale

Saturday 1st June
Mount Stewart
Car £5, Van £10, Trailer £15

Mid Ulster Vintage Rally

Saturday 1st June
Springhill, Moneymore
Adult £5, Child £2

Volunteers’ Week

Saturday 1st June
Various see table above
Free

Strangford Lough Maritime Festival

Saturday 1st June
Various
Various above

Himalayan Balsam Control near Mary Peter’s Track

Sunday 2nd June
Lagan Valley Regional Park near Mary Peter’s Track
Free

Nature Reserve Management – Getting Behind the Scenes

Sunday 2nd June
Murlough NNR
028 4375 1467

Book4 Tea Week

Monday 3rd June
Castle Ward
Normal Admission, Members Free

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What Nature Does for Northern Ireland

Thursday 6th June
The MAC (Metropolitan Arts Centre) Belfast
Free

Wild about Nature – Bats

Friday 7th June
Castle Ward
No Charge. Donations Welcome

Summer of Cultures: National Archaeology Day

Saturday 8th June
Enniskillen Castle Museums
Normal admission rates apply

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Septic Tanks – all you need to know

Thursday 13th June
BEAM Social Enterprise Centre, Maydown Works, Derry / Londonderry
Free

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General Maintenance

Saturday 15th June
Musgrave Community Vegetable Garden, Lisburn Road, Belfast
Free

Living History – Medieval Food

Saturday 15th June
Enniskillen Castle Museums
Normal admission rates apply

Orchid Walk

Saturday 15th June
Portstewart Strand
Adult £2, Child £1

Big IF Belfast

Saturday 15th June
Botanic Gardens, Belfast
Free

Walk into the Past

Sunday 16th June
Castle Ward
Normal Admission, Members Free

Fathers Day Fun

Sunday 16th June
Crom, Fermanagh
Normal Admission, Members Free

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Sunday 16th June
Mount Stewart
Normal Admission, Members Free

Everyday Heroes

Sunday 16th June
The Argory, Moy
Normal Admission, Members Free

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Maximising Social Value

Tuesday 18th June
Skanios building Newtownards Rd, Belfast
Free

Spotlight Special

Tuesday 18th June
Blackstaff Studios, Great Victoria Street, Belfast
Free

Introduction to Ladybirds

Wednesday 19th June
Murlough, Co Down
£10

’Helping you strike while the incentive is hot’

Thursday 20th June
Ramada Plazza, Shawsbridge Belfast
Delegate rate £75 per person + VAT to attend, see above

Giving & Receiving: Arts Council of Northern Ireland Gifts

Friday 21st June
Enniskillen Castle Museums
Normal admission rates apply

Summer Outing to Rathlin Island

Saturday 22nd June
Rathlin Island
Free

Living History – Guided Tour of Enniskillen Castle

Saturday 22nd June
Enniskillen Castle Museums
Normal admission rates apply

Garden Fete

Saturday 22nd June
Mount Stewart
Normal Admission, Members Free

Summer Solstice Celebrations

Saturday 22nd June
The Giant’s Ring
Free

Saturday Events at Dunluce Castle

Saturday 22nd June
Dunluce Castle
Adult £2, children/seniors £1, children under 4 go free

Archaeology Road Show

Saturday 22nd June
Down County Museum
Free

Feast Day at the Nendrum Early Christian Monastery

Saturday 22nd June
Nendrum Castle
Free

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Beyond the Horizon – Managing Natural Capital for Future Prosperity

Wednesday 26th June
Belfast Harbour Commissioners Office
Free

Tackling Transport

Thursday 27th June
Sustainable NI Unit 5B, Castlereagh Business Park, 478 Castlereagh Road, Belfast
Free

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Living History–Medieval Siege Machine Models

Saturday 29th June
Enniskillen Castle Museums
Normal admission rates apply

Living History at Green Castle

Saturday 29th June
Green Castle, Carlingford Lough
Free

Path Repair

Sunday 30th June
Lagan Valley Regional Park at Moreland’s Meadow
Free

Jazz in the Gardens

Sunday 30th June
Mount Stewart
Normal Admission, Members Free

Four Seasons Walks – Summer Bounty

Sunday 30th June
Murlough Nature Reserve Keel Point, Dundrum, BT33 0NQ
Normal Admission, Members Free

      
 

Drive to Restore Wildflowers 12 April 2012

New drive to restore our lost wildflowers

Green–fingered groups from across Northern Ireland are set to get into the gardening spirit this weekend in an attempt to bring back Northern Ireland’s lost wildflowers.

Around 150 square metres of wildflower meadow will be sown across the province this weekend — marking the launch of the UK’s biggest environmental campaign, RHS Britain in Bloom 2012. Groups and schools from Londonderry, Lisburn and Ballymena among many others will be sowing some of the millions of wildflower seeds provided by the RHS over a 48–hour period.

They will be among 1,200 groups from across the UK getting involved.

Helping to launch the first National Gardening Week — which begins on Monday — the scheme will help revive the province’s wildflower populations.

In serious decline for a number of decades, some 97% of wildflower meadows were lost across England and Wales between the 1930s and 1980s.

Presenter Sarah Raven — who has presented Bees, Butterflies And Blooms on the BBC — said the UK was “in a process of rediscovering our love for wildflowers” and the project was a valiant attempt at rejuvenating much of the lost wild plant life.

The event will take place on April 14 and 15. For further information or to find out how you can get involved visit the website at www.rhs.org.uk/getinvolved


Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/environment/new-drive-to-restore-our-lost-wildflowers-16143364.html#ixzz1roNMflvy
 

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