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The Festina Lente non-profit Walled Victorian Gardens have been loving restored by Festina Lente to their original Victorian design and plans surrounded by the original walls built in the 1780’s as part of the grounds of Old Connaught House. It is one of the largest working Victorian Walled Garden in Ireland and contains many beautiful features and stunning fauna and Read more…
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20 Different gardens designed by leading landscapers and gardeners. Visit the gardens and see the magnificent water and woodland garden with its flowing stream, oriental reflections with its clever use of mirrors, and all the others too numerous to mention. Enjoy a day out and have lunch or afternoon tea in the Pagoda Tea room or browse in our well-stocked Read more…
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Mount Usher Gardens are amongst the loveliest in the country. They combine a long time famous collection of plants, gathered from all corners of the world, with a romantic garden planted in the tradition of William Robinson. Informal paths wander along the river Vartry, across grassy expanses patterned with bulbs, and on through light woodland and groves of eucalyptus and Read more…
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5km from the formal Gardens is Ireland’s Highest Waterfall tumbling 135 metres into the Dargle Valley. Powerscourt Waterfall has been a major attraction since the 1760’s and has been a favourite family picnic spot for years. It falls into a hollow cut out by ice over 10,000 years ago. The Waterfall is fed by waters from blanket bog on top Read more…
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This is an arboretum particularly famous for its conifers and calcifuges, planted during the 19th century by Thomas Acton in conjunction with David Moore and his son, Sir Frederick Moore, curators of the National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin. It was a time of great botanical and geographical explorations with numerous species from around the world being brought back to Ireland Read more…