Gardens open to visit

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

Anamcara Healing Herbal Garden

On the slopes of Bloody Foreland, on the northwest Donegal Wild Atlantic Way, Anamcara Healing Herbs Garden is the creation of medical herbalist Columbia Hillen.

Annes Grove Gardens

An oasis of nature and beauty, set on the picturesque banks of the River Awbeg and laid out in Robinsonian style, Annes Grove is both a historic estate and a horticultural paradise.
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Áras an Uachtaráin Gardens

The grounds of Áras an Uachtaráin, the residence of the President of Ireland, have always been one of its chief glories.

Arbour Hill Cemetery

The military cemetery at Arbour Hill is the last resting place of 14 of the executed leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising, including Patrick Pearse, James Connolly and Major John MacBride.

Ardgillan Castle and Gardens

This spectacular 194-acre parkland with stunning views, incorporates 8 acres of garden, including a rose garden, the national collection of potentilla, herbaceous borders, a walled garden containing an extensive colle…

Ballyrobert Gardens

Close to the Glens of Antrim, the setting for this Robinsonian-style garden is a seventeenth-century landscape with original cottage and barn.

Battle of the Boyne – Oldbridge Estate

On the banks of the River Boyne, Oldbridge is a 500-acre estate with restored gardens.

Battle of the Boyne – Oldbridge Estate

On the banks of the River Boyne, Oldbridge is a 500-acre estate with restored gardens.

Benvarden Gardens

The garden at Benvarden has been enclosed since the mid-seventeenth century, most probably evolved from a semi-fortified bawn.

Billy Old Rectory Peace Garden

A mature 3-acre garden on an historic site.

Birch Lane Cottage

Nestled at the end of a birch tree-lined lane, this charming organic cottage garden sits within a working organic farm.

Blarney Castle

Between the entrance gates and the distant lake lie 60 acres of surprises, delights and mysteries waiting to be discovered.