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The Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland has awarded its gold Medal of Honour to Seamus O'Brien, Head Gardener at the National Botanic Seamus O'Brien is one of Ireland's most outstanding present-day plantsmen, and is widely known throughout the island, and in the U.K. His interest started at an early age, coming from a County Wicklow fa*ming family, receiving his formal training at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin. He holds an International Diploma in Botanic Gardens Management from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Seamus is a corresponding member of the Royal Horticultural Society's Woody Plant Committee. He contributes to numerous publications, including Curtis's Botanical Magazine, and the International Dendrology Society's Year Book, as well as the Irish Garden Plant Society's newsletter. It is as an author that O'Brien has reached an international audience. Published in 2018, his magnificent in the ‘Footsteps of Joseph Dalton Ho*ker, a Sikkim adventure’ retraces Ho*ker's 1847 expedition to Sikkim, when he would discover botanical treasures previously unknown in the West. O'Brien's first-hand account, based on his own travels to Sikkim, traces the discoveries which were supplied as seedlings to Kilmacurragh, many of which still grow there. He is also the author of in the ‘Footsteps of Augustine Henry, and his Chinese plant collectors’, published in 2011. Again, based on his own travels to that country. Many of Henry's introductions are to be found growing today at Kilmacurragh. Seamus O'Brien is known by a wide circle, for his pas*ionate interest in the history of the Acton family, former owners of Kilmacurragh and in the estate where they as*embled one of the greatest plant collections in these islands, the restoration of which he is overseeing. above) and subscribe to the email newsletter. Follow the work at the walled garden in Russborough on Instagram. The volunteers continue to Special Christmas Gift Membership Offer Give a gift they will enjoy all year long! One year’s RHSI Membership For just €45 This offer