Gardens open to visit

Real gardens across the island, from walled demesnes to one-family plots — with when to catch them at their best.

Antrim

10 Riverside Road

Rambling cottage garden with unusual shrubs, deep borders, woodland spring walk, rockery and arboretum.

June

Antrim

26 Leyland Park

Attractive bijou setting with garden rooms and topiary, home-made hurdle fencing, trained privet arch, pleached willow, 2 water features, including fish, roses, clematis, geraniums, alliums, flower arrangers' shrubs.

June

Down

35 Sheridan Drive

Nestled in the Co Down countryside with wrap-around views of Strangford Lough and Scrabo Tower, this 8-year-old garden of about 1 acre comprises well-stocked and herbaceous shrub borders.

July · June

Down

4 Ballynalack Road

Nestled in the County Armagh countryside overlooking Camlough Lake (the crooked lake) with lots of colour from spring to autumn.

April · August · July · June · March · May · September

Antrim

46 Killane Road Ahoghill

A bee and butterfly haven, this recently extended garden has deep herbaceous borders.

July

85 Thornyhill Road

An eco-friendly cottage garden of roughly an acre, in picturesque drumlin country.

May

Fermanagh

9 Devenish Church Road

A small perennial garden was started 17 years ago with left over plants from a sale,alongside shrubs from a previous garden.

July

Abbey Road Gardens

Mature 0.75 acre garden, herbaceous border, water features, extensive plant collection with rare plants for sale.

Antrim

Adrian Walsh Belfast Garden

Described by Shirley Lanigan, in 'The Open Gardens of Ireland', as a garden that 'has become a favourite horticultural destination', and 'a veritable sea of plants', this is an imaginatively designed, naturalistic cit…

August · July · June · October · September

Antrim