Butterfly workshop

We had an item on the show earlier this summer about butterflies, where we visited the South Circular Road Community Garden for a butterfly workshop with Bob Aldwell from the Dublin Naturalists Field Club.

Dublin Community Growers are holding another workshop this Saturday at the Robert Emmet CDP Garden on Bridgefoot Street in Dublin 8. It starts at noon and ends at 2pm.

The organisers say the aim of the workshop is: "to provide a practical hands on experience, and knowledge, of the butterflies that coexist with us amongst the urban landscape of Dublin.

"A talk and demonstration will serve to reveal butterfly life cycle and habits, while gardening methods for encouraging and supporting their presence will also be described. Speakers from both Dublin Community Growers and Dublin Naturalists' Field Club will be present.

"The event is aimed at both adults and children, with the intention of answering questions, and providing information and advice. While providing an afternoon of recreational fun within this central Dublin location, the gardening workshops also seek to deliver environmental contributions within education and research."