Bellfield House Gardens: Shinrone,
Birr, County Offaly, Republic Of Ireland, Tel: +353 (0) 505 47766.
- The Georgian farmhouse include a 2 acre walled garden
featuring an Eastern style folly and a Victorian glasshouse, designed by the owner and made from salvaged materials.
Plantings include a collection of fuchsia and species lilies. A
woodland garden features a collection of snowdrops, cyclamen, wood
anemone and old daffodils in spring.
Birr Castle:
Birr, County Offaly, Ireland, Tel: +353 5791 20336.
- Site of Ireland’s Historic Science Centre and a Great Telescope built in the 1840s, Birr Castle Demesne is also world famous for
its exotic tree and plant collections, rivers and lake, formal gardens, terraces and wildflower meadows in 50 hectares of parkland.
Charleville Castle:
Tullamore, County Offaly, Republic Of Ireland, Tel: +353 (0)57 9323040.
- This remarkable Gothic castle sits on 30 acres which
includes ancient oaks and gardens which are currently undergoing
restoration.
Woodland Cottage Garden: Woodland Cottage,
Birr, County Offaly, Republic of Ireland, Tel:+353 (0)57 9121215
- This former garden center features many smaller gardens,
including a rose garden, reflection pond and pergola,meadows, an enclosed
yard garden and a vegetable garden.