Gardens in Co. Waterford
3 places
1.Mount Congreve Gardens & Country Estate
70 acres of woodland and 16km of garden paths
Mount Congreve Gardens in County Waterford holds one of the largest private plant collections in the world — 70 acres of woodland, a four-acre walled garden and 16 km of paths above the River Suir.
- Highlights
- One of "The Great Gardens of the World"
- 70 acres of woodland, 16 km of walkways
- Four-acre walled kitchen garden
- Facilities
- Wheelchair access
2.Lafcadio Hearn Japanese Gardens
11 Japanese garden areas tracing a writer's life
A compact Japanese garden above Tramore Bay that tells one man's story — Irish-Greek writer Lafcadio Hearn — through eleven linked garden scenes, from a Victorian childhood to a Japanese tea house.
- Facilities
- Wheelchair access
3.Lismore Castle
The country's oldest cultivated gardens
Above the Blackwater River, Lismore Castle is the private Irish home of the Dukes of Devonshire — but its historic walled gardens and contemporary art gallery welcome visitors.
- Highlights
- Ireland's longest continually cultivated gardens
- Jacobean Upper Garden laid out around 1605
- Yew avenue older than the garden itself
- Facilities
- Wheelchair access