Category Archives: Garden Tour

The Elm Tree Gardners need to be kept well fed. Even when they are visiting gardens rather than working. We had a superb lunch today at Elm Tree in Glounthuane in Cork. We found this excellent eatery by accident last year when doing a garden tour. With some time to kill one day the groupContinue reading “Enchiladas, salad and pavlova”

Photos from Lakemount, the rose is R. ‘Mme Gregoire Straechelin’

Lakemount Gardens, one hectare of acid soil, on a hill in Glanmire east of Cork city, is where the work of the artist, the garden designer and horticulturist combine. Brian Cross is all of these these things, his garden overlooking the River Lee is his gallery, his exhibition, his masterpiece; Betula penduls ‘Youngii’ (left) andContinue reading “Lakemount- work of art”

More plant pics from Fota! We had a great day today. The weather was great for garden visiting. Saturday morning we visit Lakemount the garden of Brian and Rose Cross. It is a fabulous place, I can’t wait to bring the group there. I am so lucky, being able to visit all these great gardensContinue reading “Fota Photos”

There is so much to see at Killurney. Every turn of the head and each new step reveals a different view or another beautiful plant. Photos below – from top: Cryptomeria japonica ‘Sekkan-Sugi’; Bird bath planted with succulents; Cornus kousa ‘China Girl’ with Sambucus nigra ‘Black Lace’ and Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald n’ Gold’; Alchemilla mollisContinue reading “More photos from Killurney”

During the fourteen years that David O’Regan has been gardener at Fota, he has seen some great changes. The gardens that were once the home of the Smith-Barry family are know managed by the Office of Public Works and they have been restored and revitalised. The mild climate of the island on the Cork coastContinue reading “Fota Arboretum and Gardens”