| Blowing in the wind, Charles Nelson sings the praises of a little-known Victorian gardener from Howth | Nelson, E. Charles | Article in Journal | | 1994 |
| By the Palmiet river in Kogelberg ... a story with a Glasnevin connection | Nelson, E. Charles | Article in Journal | | 1999 |
| Donard delights | Nelson, E. Charles | Article in Journal | | 1993 |
| Dr O'Kelly, I presume? : Charles Nelson tells the tale of a Burren character and his plants | Nelson, E. Charles | Article in Journal | | 1998 |
| From Mayo to the Caribbean | Nelson, E. Charles | Article in Journal | | 1995 |
| From the Arctic to Belfast ... the story of plant-hunter Thomas Drummond | Nelson, E. Charles | Article in Journal | | 2000 |
| Hellen Rawdon - my booke | Nelson, E. Charles | Article in Journal | | 1987 |
| On the trail of the big cone pine. Charles Nelson follows the travels of a botanising doctor from Dundalk | Nelson, E. Charles | Article in Journal | | 1994 |
| Orchids for everyman and the Mullingar connection | Nelson, E. Charles | Article in Journal | | 1993 |
| Rip van Winkle and the Cork connection | Nelson, E. Charles | Article in Journal | | 2000 |
| The cause of the calamity : potato blight in Ireland, 1845-1847 and the role of the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin | Nelson, E. Charles | Monograph or Collective Volume | The Stationery Office | 1995 |
| The last rose of summer | Nelson, E. Charles | Article in Journal | | 2000 |
| The Moores of Willbrook : Charles Nelson remembers a famous gardening couple | Nelson, E. Charles | Article in Journal | | 1997 |