The Great Gardens of Ireland
I have to admit that I'm not nearly as familiar with gardens in Ireland as those in Britain. But there are several that should be just as well-known, and you can visit them on this summer trip.
Landscape Architect & Professor Robert McDuffie of Virginia Tech leads this 13-day trip that actually begins in Belfast at Butterstream, also known as the Irish Sissinghurst. While in the north, you'll also see the Botanic Gardens, and two National Trust properties, Mt. Stewart and Rowallane, which includes the national collection of penstemons.
On to Galway, the Cliffs of Moher, the Ring of Kerry, the world-famous gardens at Annes Grove in County Cork, the amazing Bay Garden created by Francis and Iain McDonald, and finally, Helen Dillon's garden. Helen is perhaps Ireland's most well-known garden writer, who recently published a book in the United States, Down to Earth with Helen Dillon.
For more info on the trip itinerary, click on "Gardens of Ireland" at the top of this post.
Riviera Magazine May 2008
Questions for Aurélien Liutkus the talented Landscape Architect on planting a Mediterranean garden:
The Three Colours for the Riviera:
Camaieu blue like the sky and the sea,
shiny grey like the olive trees,
white like the dails of the boats.
Favourites:
Lights because a garden also lives in the evening. Who
can resist the breathtaking charm of flowers draped in the darkness, emaning wonderful scents ?
No doubt beauty is in the detail....
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Posted by: greenman | May 27, 2008 at 06:07 AM
Great Trip.. Loved the lovely flowers.. It just reminded me the flowers I have seen in beautiful gardens of melbourne.
Posted by: Sam | April 26, 2008 at 05:23 AM