Mount Venus Nursery

Mount Venus Nursery Helleborus Days
14th - 15th February 2026
10am - 5pm
Read more about Hellebores and see our selection here:
https://mountvenusnursery.com/helleborus-days-2025/
We are back open from Wednesday 4. February 2026

Mount Venus Nursery Gift Voucher and our New Publication

A Gift Voucher for garden plants is a very special present. It comprises a visit to a beautiful place, getting good advise and picking the perfect plant.
It is then something to look forward to, that will grow and flourish for many a year to come and become a memory for future generations.
Gift vouchers are available from our online shop, by post or by email, right up ‘til Christmas. Contact us on 014933813 or at [email protected]
https://mountvenusnursery.com/shop/product/gift-voucher/

Our Mt Venus Publication SLOW | CREATION | OUIET | ROOTS | LISTENING is a philosophical reflection on how, why, and where we garden. A subtle and transcendental Book, provoking us to think deeper, to reflect and be full of anticipation.

It is available now from the nursery, our online shop and select stockists.
https://mountvenusnursery.com/shop/product/book-slow-creation-quiet-roots-listening/

Autumn Sale 2025
for more visit:https://mountvenusnursery.com/new-location-of-mount-venus-nursery-and-autumn-sale-2025/

Bloom in the Park 2025

Tomorrow is the opening day of Bloom 2025 in the Phoenix Park, and Mount Venus Nursery will be represented by our show garden, "Nature's Symphony: Celebrating Organic Growth", sponsored by the Department of Agriculture, Food, Marine.

The garden seeks to reconnect Ireland's growers, both private gardeners, but particularly Irish horticulture and agriculture with our past, and with the land. To think about our relationship with the soil and how and why we grow. In our current economic model, growth is industrial, monetary, taking and taking from the natural world as if its resources are infinite. Those of us who garden are especially aware – or should be – of the toll we are taking on our planet through careless industrial extraction. From chemicals, to run off, our need for convenience has trumped the ecology that underpins the food we eat and air we breathe.

The garden features a simple organic plot which could be a private allotment, but could equally be a productive garden you might have seen hundreds of years ago. Lazy beds of potatoes and broad beans, barley, and fruit trees, mulched in seaweed radiate our from the central structure.

The garden also pays homage to Bloom patron, President Michael D. Higgins, his proud legacy of supporting sustainability, and his Galway roots. The centrepiece of the garden is a simple stage, with tiered lattice seating supporting red ho**er sails. Throughout the event Galway theatre troop, Macnas will be performing alongside the mighty Con Mór sculpture watching over the site. Con is the protector of birds and the earth and holds tight to the our roots in a way we hope everyone else might embrace.

We look forward to seeing you over the Bloom weekend, and hope you might feel more connected with the earth afterwards.

Edible ornamentals

We are primarily a grower of ornamental perennial plants and so are not much use to gardeners who come to us looking for “produce”, plants to grow to eat. But just because a plant isn’t a traditional culinary staple like rhubarb or root vegetables, doesn’t mean that you can’t necessarily eat them. Indeed some quite unlikely ornamental plants and, indeed many typical garden “weeds” are great for eating. As ever, start with small quantities.

for more visit:
https://mountvenusnursery.com/plant-advice/edible-ornamentals/

Helleborus Days at Mount Venus Nursery
15th - 16th February 2025 | 10am - 5pm
Read more about Hellebores and see our selection here:
https://mountvenusnursery.com/helleborus-days-2025/
We are back open from Wednesday 5. February 2025

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
We look forward to seeing you all next Year.

Mount Venus Nursery

A Mount Venus Nursery Gift Voucher is the perfect Christmas gift for the gardener in your life.Plants, pots, design, and consultation are available, with no expiry. Vouchers can be ordered online and delivered by post in a presentation card or via email.
https://mountvenusnursery.com/shop/product/gift-voucher/

Mount Venus Nursery Opening Times:
Feb. - Oct.: Wednesday - Saturday 10am - 6pm
Sunday 12am - 5pm
Monday & Tuesday closed
During Winter ( Nov. - Jan.) we are only open by appointment