gardens around west cork bantry skibbereen

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...

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....

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....

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.
Bantry House and Gardens are open to the public from 17 March until 31 October in 2008. The Estate is open daily, 10 am - 6 pm.
The Armada Exhibition Centre is both educational an entertaining and tells the story of the attempted landing of Wolfe Tone and the French Armada in Bantry Bay in 1976....