Hardymount Gardens

Address:
Tullow
Co. Carlow

Contact: Sheila Reeves-Smyth
Tel: + 353 (0) 59 9151769

FACILITIES:

Wheelchair accessible

HOW TO FIND US:

From Dublin - through the town of Tullow onto the Bunclody road N81. Turn right after the Statoil petrol station. Turn right at next cross roads - the gardens are 600 yards on the right hand side.

OPENING TIMES:

2.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. every Sunday May - August inclusive. Open at other times by arrangement.

ADMISSION CHARGES:

Adults €5.00

One of the largest Spanish chestnuts in the country greets you on arrival to one hectare of lawns and shrubs surrounded by magnificent beech and oak trees. A wonderful walled garden behind the house contains many unusual plants and flowers in the herbaceous border - lilac coloured Erysimum, yellow helianthus, beds of old roses, downy variegated mint, mimosa, pom-poms of blue agapanthus, California tree poppies, Chinese foxgloves and much, much more. The grass paths take you past the pond with lilies and fish to espaliered apple trees, lobelia tupa, a pergola clothed with wisteria and underplanted with hollyhocks and foxgloves and on to a vegetable garden. A Summer House at the end of the garden in a sheltered corner provides a quiet area for rest and relaxation. A truly amazing walled garden full of colour and vigour matches the owner's enthusiasm and commitment to gardening.

"Sheila Reeves-Smyth puts her work and effort into a garden that will give pleasure for the length of the summer and into autumn. Trellis, espaliered apples and the wisteria tunnel all create a pleasing division of the space and structure in the walled garden. Each little area feels private and secluded. But the overall picture does not look contrived or "designed". Hardymount is well cared for but not overly manicured, a relaxed country garden"

O' Brien Guide to Irish Gardens by Shirley Lanigan.

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