Great news – we have just received confirmation that Colourful Creations Garden Centre Tulla are going to give us a second prize of €150 for our Pop-Up Challenge this year again. See more details here: http://www.claregardenfestival.com/Competitions.html

We are delighted with the coverage of Clare Garden Festival in the new Clare Festival &Events guide. Thanks Visit Clare Ireland: Accommodation, Activities, Festivals & Events

Here comes information for anyone interested in a Level 5 Horticulture course; open day this Thurs 2.30pm at the Clarecastle GAA grounds.

For our Clare Garden Festival 2018, we are changing our Food Offering in terms of layout, offering and green policy. In 2018, we will be choosing new and evaluating existing food for consumption traders based on their 1,quality of offering, 2,location and 3,waste reduction/prevention strategies. In plain - we are looking for Clare-based food for consumption/street food traders interested in supporting the further greening of our festival AND we want very high quality +variety for our visitors (we have plenty of offers from BBQs and chippers already). We are of course asking for a lot. All recommendations are welcome also. Links to Facebook pages or expressions of interest via email to info@claregardenfestival.com are welcome. Please send all details by 12th January. We look forward to hearing from you. All our food traders must be fully registered with HSE, have their own liability insurance and be able to deal with large crowds up to 3000 persons.Payment in advance for food traders to a particular deadline.

We hope you have a fantastic start into 2018 and hope to see you on 29th April.

POP-UP GARDEN CHALLENGE now open for applications. Grab your garden buddies and sign up for our 2018 challenge. We have a fun new theme for 2018 called ‘Gardeners Friends’ Garden’ - it is all about creating a garden that accommodates those little friends in the garden that help us by eating garden pests, cleaning up and even fertilising for us. See more details here: http://www.claregardenfestival.com/Competitions.html

Save the date for Clare Garden Festival 2018: Sunday, 29th April 2018. Clare Garden Festival is a treat for Gardeners and a great family day out. Taking place annually on the last Sunday in April, the festival runs at Ennis Showgrounds with a huge garden, plant and food market of 70+ stalls. Garden Expert talks run all day focussing around all things gardening including organic, ornamental, garden design and beyond. Clare Garden Festival will run for its 7th year on Sunday, 29th April 2018 in Ennis, Co Clare. www.claregardenfestival.com

Huge thanks to everyone who joined us at yesterdays Autumn Talks. Photos and videos to follow. A lovely email was received this morning from an attendee - huge thanks for that: Hi Carmen, Just to say thank you for organising a very interesting and entertaining afternoon. It was a lovely casual talk with very interesting presenters. The time flew and I came away with a better appreciation of soil and plants. Well done and thank you.

Delighted to feature in The Clare Echo this week with our Autumn Talks on this Sunday. Find out more here: http://www.claregardenfestival.com/AUTUMN-Series.html

Klaus Laitenberger is bringing his new book on Sunday - another bible for the Organic Gardener. https://greenvegetableseeds.com/product/new-book-fruit-vegetables-polytunnel-greenhouse/ You can find all event details including directions to the venue in our dedicated facebook event.