gardens cork

There are few gardens anywhere in Ireland where rare trees and shrubs are grown so successfully and in such a harmonious setting as the beautiful Robinsonian garden of Annes Grove.

Set on a sloping site around an elegant early eighteenth-century house overlooking the River Awbeg, the thirty-acre garden is filled with thousands of thriving plants in a layout that merges unobtrusively into the landscape....

A grass carpet leads you through this wood to the entrance of the Water Garden, Drawn by the enchanting sounds of hidden brooks, you wander over moss, brush ferns and discover all types of luscious greenery....

Millstreet Country Park is made up of over five hundred acres, of lakes, waterfalls, streams, wetlands, walks, picnic area, moorlands, arboretum, herb rich meadows, ornamental gardens, archaeological sites, native deer, birds and wildlife. Treat yourself to a visit, you'll find yourself coming back again and again.

Audio Visual Presentation: One of the features is an audio visual presentation that takes you back through the ages, the evolution of the landscape from the pre-ice age, J...

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 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....

This charming informal garden on the banks of the Argideen river has been created by five generations of the Travers family.
The 121 ha estate was originally purchased with the village of Timoleague by Colonel Robert E. Travers in 1818 and he began laying out the grounds around the later Georgian house he built there. Each generation of the Travers family has added to the gardens over the intervening 160 years.

The gardens are a tribute to their plantsmanship and palm trees and ot...

Kilravock Garden has been planted with a range of southern hemisphere plants to take full advantage of the temperate climate of West Cork.

There are many interesting features including a summer house, pergola, small orchid house, oriental area with ponds and bridges and a tranquil woodland garden. There are also collections of acers, sorbus and hostas....

Specialists in Wreck, Reef and Shark Fishing. Many specimen fish have been caught by our clients. We can offer comfortable accommodation and fine food in our Georgian House with extensive private gardens and convenient to East Ferry Pier.

Specialist also, in Angling Holidays. Fully central heated, unlimited hot water, comfortable lounges and accommodation. Drying rooms, Freezer Facilities and Bait Shore....

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....