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getting to the NMTT family gardeners weekend

Have you read all about the event thats taking place this weekend at The National Garden Exhibition Centre. The one you have been donating to so kindly so you can have some peace and quiet in Ireland for a little 😆

Here’s how you get there

By DART
get the DART to bray and then Dublin Bus 184 from outside the DART station you will need to hop off at Burtons 4×4 garage and from there a 3 minute walk [approx] will bring you to Kilquade Church which is directly opposite the Garden Exhibition Centre.

By Bus
Bus Eireann bus number 133 from the City Centre will leave you a 1 mile walk away from the National Garden Exhibition Centre

By Car/ motorbike/ bicycle/ very long walk
If you have a sat nav here are the co ordinates to the Garden Exhibition Centre.
53.111132,-6.090202

If you don’t have satellite navigation. Here are the directions. I took them with Dublin Airport as the starting point.

If you don’t live in Dublin Airport 😉 Just click here and add in your own place of departure. Time from Dublin Airport is about 41 minutes by car.

Dublin Airport

Co. Fingal, Ireland

1.	Head south toward Swords Rd	75 m
2.	Continue straight	0.3 km
3.	At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit	0.5 km
4.	Slight left at Dublin Rd Go through 1 roundabout	0.9 km
5.	At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto the M1 ramp	0.7 km
6.	Merge onto M1	1.1 km
7.	At junction 1, take the M50 exit to N81/N4/N11/N3/N7/N2	0.4 km
8.	At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto M50 Partial toll road	38.8 km
9.	Continue on M11	3.7 km
10.	Continue on N11	10.7 km
11.	Turn left toward New Russian Village (signs for Cill Chomhaid/Kilquade)	0.8 km
12.	Slight right at New Russian Village Destination will be on the right	0.3 km

National Garden Exhibition Centre

If you can’t go – maybe you know someone who can or who could help out on the day. You can make an online donation securely [click here]. Or if you have a blog/ a twitter/ a FB/ a newspaper/ a radio – you could repost this – it really is so very much appreciated

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**bloom in the park 2009 – to read my review – click here

Show times and dates:

thursday 28th May 11am – 6pm
friday 29th May 10am – 6pm
saturday 30th May 10am – 6pm
sunday 31st May 10am – 6pm
monday 1st June 10am – 6pm

Recommended to do and see:

27 show gardens
don’t forget the engaging spaces gardens
recreation of US First Lady Michelle Obama’s Whitehouse Kitchen Garden
free childrens craft workshops with The Craft Council of Ireland
Ladys Day – Saturday 30th May
sit on the lawn and enjoy the live entertainment
go see the floral pavillion
a must is the conservation area at the back of the coffee shop
loved the food market last year
the playground is genius

How to get there:

BY CAR: google maps directions and sat nav co ordinates – click here
don’t bring the car unless you need to!!
CYCLE: via National bike week & bloom ’09 -hire a bike! book early
or bring your own bike
GUIDE DOGS: are welcome – other than that no!
TRAIN: a courtesy bus runs from & to Hueston station all day
see here for further details

Do and Don’t:

have a chat with the show garden people
don’t bring the dog
bring an umberella and wellingtons and sun cream
bring Grandma & the kids
bring a camera – don’t be afraid to take snaps
buy a programme and use the map!!
get there [very] early traffic last year was mental
use public transport if possible
say thank you if you had a great time!!
if you’re going – let me know – we can have coffee
let me know what you thought!

Good People for you to meet:

In the food area – I looking forward to meeting Jane Russell of Jane Russell’s Original Handmade Irish Sausages – I had a great chat with her last week – a brilliant lady with sausages I’m simply dying to taste. Go say hi and have a little taste 😆 [she is also on twitter @janerussells ]

In the garden tent – Pat Fitzgerald is there. The brains behind the MyPlant range if you ever wanted to meet somone who breeds their own plants…. how do you invent a new plant….? Go ask Pat. He also helped out on this little matter with a few hundred plants and then with The Niall Mellon Garden when he was passing by…. lovely guy 😉 [Pat is on twitter as @patfitzgerald ]

In the engaging spaces…. is the Niall Mellon garden… brilliant stuff. Genius people. Make you think… head on over and say hello.

****Remember Rebecca… you did a great job helping her 🙂 The plants from the garden are being sold off on the Monday and [cue drum roll] any money received will be donated to my trip to South Africa with… The Niall Mellon Township

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