gardens laois

In 1906 the famous English architect and garden designer Sir Edward Lutyens (1869-1944) was commissioned by Colonel Hutcheson Poe to design a garden for his grand Georgian house at Heywood, where decades previously the Empress Elizabeth of Austria had been entertained....

At Grattan Lodge Gardens in Vicarstown, Arthur Shackleton has created a new garden with many distinguished plants....

This great estate dates from the middle ages when there was a Cistercian Abbey here. Since the eighteenth century it has been the home of the de Vesci family.

The pleasure grounds extend along the river Nore and around a lake with much ornamental planting in the picturesque style of the eighteenth century. The place is renowned for its fine trees and primeval oak wood which is carpeted with bluebells in spring.

Near the house there are formal terraces which were made in t...

Heywood Gardens were landscaped in the eighteenth-century and completed by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1912. They consist of formal gardens, lakes, woodland, and architectural features such as gothic gates and artificial ruins embellished with vandalised medieval pieces such as the window taken from Aghaboe Abbey.
The garden is under the care of Dúchas, the Heritage Service. The garden is open all year round, free of charge, with access at the weekends through the turnstyle entrance. Wheelch...

A magnificent neo-classical house designed by James Gandon in 1790, on the same magnificent scale as his Custom House, for John Dawson 1st Earl of Portarlington. The construction begun in 1790 and additions were made at different stages. The fashionable English architect Lewis Vulliamy added the north front portico with four giant ionic columns in 1834. The present owner Mr. Chomeley-Harrison has magnificently restored and refurbished Emo Court.

The domed rotunda at Emo Court, insp...

Gash Gardens are a must on any itinerary offering interest and inspiration to all who visit. We look forward to seeing you this summer....