Rare orchids are to be found in Kilkenny. The area is protected from grass cutting in the summer months when the very attractive orchids bloom. The local Melville Residents association keeps the area to a high standard.
Attractively planted bank at Melville. Copyright: Keep Kilkenny Beautiful.
Orchids and other wild flowers bloom in Kilkenny. Copyright: Keep Kilkenny Beautiful.
Orchids in Kilkenny. Copyright: Keep Kilkenny Beautiful.
Orchids in Kilkenny. Copyright: Keep Kilkenny Beautiful.
New year greetings for 2011 from the Keep Kilkenny Beautiful Committee!
We celebrate the success of Kilkenny City, Gold medal winner and also National winner for large urban centre in the National Tidy Towns Competition 2010.
The KKB have many projects and enhancements planned for Kilkenny in 2011.
Come and explore our City of Kilkenny in 2011. We look forward to your visit!
Sean Leahy
Chairman Keep Kilkenny Beautiful Committee
St. Canice's steps, Dean street, Kilkenny with St. Canice's Cathedral and historic round tower in the background.
The Keep Kilkenny Beautiful Committee wish to thank all in Kilkenny for the tremendous support received through out the past year. Best wishes to all for Christmas 2010!.
Kilkenny is a visitors delight over Christmas.
The newly completed Parade provides a fitting location for the Christmas tree this year. Copyright: Keep Kilkenny Beautiful
Christmas market located on the Parade close to Kilkenny Castle.Copyright: Keep Kilkenny Beautiful
City Hall on High street in the festive season! Copyright: Keep Kilkenny Beautiful
Kilkenny Castle on ice! Copyright: Keep Kilkenny Beautiful
St John's Church, John street in the winter sun! Copyright: Keep Kilkenny Beautiful
River Nore in the mist
County Hall reflects in the river nore
Canal walk
Kilkenny has received a taste of a hard continental winter with freezing temperatures blue skies and crisp snow! What a pleasure it is to stroll through the Kilkenny Castle and park quarter.
Dukesmeadows.
Kilkenny Castle park
The low winter sun shines through the trees in the Castle park
Autumn changes to winter in the Castle park
The main entrance to Kilkenny Castle gives a Christmas feeling!
The Castle yard
The Castle Yard
Kilkenny Castle in winter
The recent heavy snow and crisp air presents Kilkenny in a new light on the evening of the 2nd day of December 2010. A pleasant walk a dusk through the historic Irishtown, St Canice’s and Black Abbey areas of the City!
Black Abbey
Kilkenny City walls and gate.
St Canice's Catholic church
St Canice's cathedral and the historic round tower has seen many snow covered winters over the centuries.
St Canices steps leading from Irishtown to the Cathedral
Composting and gardening wildlife workshop for all ages is to take place on Saturday the 27th November 11am-1pm at the City Library.
Come along and explore the world of composting. Learn about the different compost systems available to you and choose the system that best suits your needs. The workshop will introduce in detail compost bins, leaf mould and wormeries. For younger composters make your own ‘compost in a bottle’ to take home and watch your organic waste change into a compost for planting your flowers and vegetables.
To encourage wildlife into your garden take home our top ten tips including log piles, nesting boxes and wildlife friendly plants. A sample of live freshwater invertebrates will help you to learn the benefits of garden ponds while our singing garden birds will help you identify your garden birds.
This event is organised in partnership between Kilkenny County Council and Keep Kilkenny Beautiful for EU Waste Reduction Week. we look forward to seeing you there!
Composting Kilkenny City
KKB wins Kilkenny Environment Person of the Year Award 2010 at the Rehab Care awards ceremony which took place at the Newpark Hotel on Friday the 5th November.
There was a large attendance of KKB members to celebrate the award presentation which was in recognition of the many years of KKB service to the City and the winning this year by Kilkenny of the Overall national Tidy Towns Large Urban Centre award 2010.
Mr Sean Leahy Chairman accepts the Environment Person of the Year award 2010 on behalf of the KKB. Copyright : Keep kilkenny Beautiful.
Free electrical recycling is to take place at Cillín Hill Mart, Kilkenny City Saturday 20th November 2010, 10am to 4pm. All are welcome.
Free Electrical Recycling event Kilkenny