gardens around west cork bantry skibbereen

Picturesque stepping stones combine the two areas, rugged, alpine rocks and Irish woodlands. The feeling of height dominates, surprises await. At places, hundreds of colourful butterflies surround you....

Taking advantage of the mild growing conditions in West Cork this 2 acre terraced garden beside Dunmanus Bay has a large collection of plants from both the northern and southern hemisphere and is home to collections of Sorbus, Acers, Tree ferns, Hostas and Restios. Enjoy the contrast of the cool woodland and fernery to the hot Mediterranean Garden. The garden has featured on radio, Irish and American TV as well as several National and International publications. Contact 027 61111 for details...

The significance of water for nature, still or flowing, is seen in this garden.

Intriguing water sound barriers signalise the transition into a new area., at times loud and junglelike and then a trickling brook, barely audible....

Located in Bantry, County Cork, Bantry House is the former home of the Earls of Bantry. Egerton Shelswell-White, who is a descendant of the Earls, and his family now live here.
The house is surrounded by seven terraces of wonderful gardens and approx 80,000 acres, so there's lots to explore. As you tour the house you'll see a magnificent collection of tapestries, furniture, artefacts and antiques.
The Armada Exhibition Centre is located here and is both educational an entertainin...

A Garden Party without Fuss and Fertilisers. In Ireland, shadows are not created by concrete and steel. Light breaks through cloud, splits the crowns of trees, dodges twigs, and reflecting on the lake, is mirrored in the eyes of its spectator. Your eyes must become accustomed to this at first, but soon new insights are followed by fundamental perceptions.

Liss Ard's 50 acres open the way for a unique experience in nature. Carefully laid pathways guide you subtly through this c...

A garden for the Romantic; quiet and peaceful, of woodlands sloping down to a sea-estuary with interesting and varied wild life. Based on a number of woodland glades and a serpentine millpond amid a scene reminiscent of the background of a Douanier Rousseau painting by which it was inspired.

This has been the life work of Gwendoline and Peter Harold-Barry, who purchased Creagh in 1945, and now being continued in the form of "Creagh Gardens Trust". The walled garden, dating from Regenc...

Celebrated gardens rarely live up to their reputations so effortlessly as Ilnacullin, alias Garinish - an enchanted garden island lying in a sheltered inlet of Bantry Bay....