Gardens in Co. Kerry
3 places
1.The Dunloe Hotel & Gardens
walk past trees from five continents in an hour
The gardens at The Dunloe pack a tour of the world's trees into a single hour-long stroll, wrapped around the shell of MacThomas' medieval keep with the Ring of Kerry mountains behind. The hotel and grounds are currently closed for renovation.
- Highlights
- Walk around the world in an hour through trees from five continents
- Gardens set around the shell of MacThomas' medieval keep
- Views towards the mountains girdled by the Ring of Kerry
- Facilities
- Wheelchair access
2.Derreen Garden(Gairdín Derreen)
12km of paths in a 150-year-old woodland
A 60-acre 19th-century woodland garden at the head of Kilmackillogue Harbour, where mossy paths wind past towering rhododendrons and eucalyptus to sudden sea views.
- Highlights
- Over 12km of winding, mossy paths across 60 acres
- 1880s arboreum rhododendrons of exceptional size
- Views over Kilmackillogue Harbour and the Caha Mountains
- Facilities
- Dog-friendly · Wheelchair access
3.Kells Bay House and Gardens
Home of the northern hemisphere's biggest tree ferns
A Victorian manor on the Ring of Kerry whose sub-tropical gardens hold the northern hemisphere's largest tree-fern forest, a rope-bridge skywalk and a Thai restaurant.
- Highlights
- Largest tree-fern forest in the northern hemisphere
- Ireland's longest rope bridge (the Skywalk)
- Victorian Ladies' Walled Garden
- Facilities
- Good for kids · Wheelchair access