gardens dublin city

On the south bank of the River Liffey, opposite the Phoenix Park, are the war memorial gardens at Islandbridge, dedicated to the memory of the 49,400 Irish soldiers who died in the 1914-1918 war. The gardens, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and laid out in 1931, have been splendidly restored....

The Iveagh Gardens are among the finest and least known of Dublin's parks and gardens. They were designed by Ninian Niven, in 1865, as an intermediate design between the "French Formal' and the 'English Landscape" styles. They demonstrated the artistic skills of the landscape Architect of the mid 19th century and display a unique collection of landscape features which include Rustic Grotto's and Cascade, sunken formal panels of lawn with Fountain Centre Pieces, Wilderness Woodlands, Maze, Rosa...

Opening times:
March, July and August (Daily) 14.00 - 18.00
April, May and June (Sundays only) 14.00 -18.00

Closed for the winter months.  

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The Gardens, 19.5 hectares on the south bank of the Tolka, contain many attractive features including an arboretum, rock garden and Burren area, large pond, extensive herbaceous borders, student garden and annual display of decorative plants including a rare example of Victorian carpet bedding.

Glass houses include the beautifully restored curvilinear range built by Richard Turner between 1843 and 1869. The large Palm House is being restored. There is a well stocked alpine house and...