Welcome to the Trinity College Botanic Garden website. The Garden’s origins date back over 330 years to its inception in 1687 as a physic garden for the teaching of medicine at Trinity College. Since then it has changed location twice, and has been here in Dartry, Dublin 6 since 1967. Today, the Garden serves as a teaching and research facility for the Discipline of Botany. It is home to a living collection of approximately 4000 species, and also houses the Irish Threatened Plant Seed Bank. We invite you to learn about the rich history of this unique facility, its living collections, the wide variety of teaching and research work carried on here, and our strategic plan for 2020-2030.

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Cathcart Schuler Summer Internships

Every summer two undergraduate students of Botany or Environmental Science at Trinity College are given a unique opportunity of a 6 week internship at the garden. Learn more about how to apply, and read blog posts written by previous interns.

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Our study on how trees respond to and withstand climate change, using trees in our collection.

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Irish Threatened Plant Seed Bank

Learn about this important conservation effort...

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Mackaya bella

Discover our important historical association with the plant that is the emblem of Trinity College Botanic Garden

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Let Them Eat Bread… 1812 French Bread Receipt Uncovered in Trinity College Dublin Herbarium

Next time you visit a bakery, spare a thought for your receipt. Most likely, you will…


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Trinity College Botanic Garden

Palmerston Park, Dartry, Dublin 6
D06 W226, Ireland
botanicgarden@tcd.ie

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