what's new?

growing wild: create your own garden habitat
27 November 2007

The next workshop for GHI's Growing Wild Conservation Programme will be held at the Central Library on Foyle St., Derry, Co. Derry on Thursday, 29 November 2007, at 7.30pm. As usual, the event is free and open to the public. So come and join us! Light refreshments will be served. Please visit www.geneticheritageireland.ie/growingwild for more information, or download the workshop flyer (.pdf format).

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Plant Genetic Resources Database
27 August 2007

The Department of Agriculture's Biodiversity Unit has agreed to fund GHI's proposed Plant Genetic Resources Database Project. The project will last 1 year and seeks to create a definitive database containing information on economically and agriculturally important plant resources in Ireland.

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"Growing Wild" Workshop
04 August 2007

Thanks to the feedback we received from the "Growing Wild" Conservation Programme workshop participants, the "Growing Wild" website has been re-designed and updated to reflect the comments and suggestions of users. We've enhanced the resources section and made more DIY plans available! Check it out at www.geneticheritageireland.ie/growingwild.

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"Growing Wild" Workshop
19 July 2007

GHI is launching a series of workshops as part of its "Growing Wild" Conservation Programme. The workshops are designed to promote the creation and use of garden habitats which support native species of plants and animals (including birds and butterflies). The workshops are OPEN and FREE to the public or any interested group or organisation. The first workshop will be held at the Manorcunningham Resource Centre in Manorcunningham, Co. Donegal on the 19th of July (Thursday). Click here to view an image of the workshop flyer (.jpg format) or click here to download the flyer (~2mb file in .pdf format).

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