Get Involved, Great Irish Gardens
Posted by Grow - on June 05 2010 @ 18:24
Get Inspiration!
Visiting your local historic park or garden can give you loads of inspiation and motivation to create an amazing garden at home.
Ireland has only one garden show a year (Bloom in the Park), which is well worth a visit. Being an island, we are the last to hear about the latest gardening phase, or which plant is in fashion.
We have however a stunning selection of gardens all over the country boasting a huge amount of horticultural know-how. From the the far north west of Donegal and the stunning views of the Glenveagh National park to our own botanical gardens and small domestic gardens opening just one day a year, Ireland has a lot to offer.
Anyone who enjoys the amazing simple beauty of an opening poppy flower or the rough bark of a pine tree will find something in the differing styles the islands gardens have to offer.
Visiting a garden at this time of year helps to motivate us again after the long winter and often gives us little nuggets of ideas we can use at home to transform our own back gardens.
Mount Usher gardens is one of my favourite. Working there as a student gave me a huge understanding of the Robinsonian style of gardening.
Powerscout gardens in Enniskerry has a more formal style using the landscapes natural undulations to create a stunning park land.
Our small parks inside Dublin city, St.Stephen Green for example, provide the much needed breathing room for our city dwellers. In the sunshine its many green areas are filled with with happy peolpe enjoying the open spaces.
Our National Botanical Gardens offers something special to eveyone, novice or professional gardener.
Make this one thing you do this year, wether you take the whole family and enjoy a picnic, or take your favourite book and savour the silence, go and see can ireland's gardens inspire you!