17/06/2026
GARDEN TALKS | Growing Old Roses in a Historic Garden — This Saturday at Salthill House!
Join us this Saturday, June 20th, for a very special rose-themed morning at Salthill House in Donegal, in association with the National Built Heritage Service.
Art historian Dr Marianne O'Kane Boal (President of AICA Ireland & writer for the Irish Arts Review) will explore the symbolism of roses in art, poetry and storytelling, in a talk titled "The Symbolism and Significance of Roses in the History of Art."
Then Elizabeth Temple, who has spent over four decades creating Salthill's stunning 1.3-acre walled garden, will demonstrate how to grow old roses using fresh-cut examples straight from her own gardens. You'll finish with a walk through the gardens and folly overlooking Donegal Bay.
9.45 Arrival
10.00 Talk by Dr Marianne O'Kane Boal
11.00 Tea & coffee
11.30 Demonstration by Elizabeth Temple
12.30 Walk around the garden and folly
13.00 Ends
Spaces are limited, don't miss your chance to spend a morning surrounded by roses, history and one of Donegal's most beautiful gardens.
Book Tickets here https://tinyurl.com/ymy6xxwb
