Terence Reeves-Smyth savours the vistas and scents of Mount Stewart gardens in County Down
In an extraordinary period for plant collecting an exceptional Irishman, Augustine Henry, changed the face of gardening, writes Helen Dillon.
Nigel Everett explores the gardens of Lisselan and investigates the evidence for its appellation as a ‘Robinsonian’ creation
Elizabeth Morgan explains the principles followed in restoring the set-piece of the 17th-century gardens of the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham within their architectural setting.
At Bantry House Gardens, the constant interplay of formal elements with the sweep of the bay is unforgettable, writes Nigel Everett.
Member of Parliament, architect and kinsman of Charles Stewart Parnell, Samuel Hayes is best known for his design in 1777 of the house and estate at Avondale, Co Wicklow, writes Patrick Bowe
Fernhill Gardens situated at the base of Three Rock Mountain in County Dublin is a model of that rare species, the natural garden, writes Patrick Bowe
The Irish alphabet comes into focus at the inaugural exhibition of the ISBA in the National Botanic Gardens, Dublin, writes Alexandra Caccomo
Terence Reeves-Smyth explores the development of the famous Robinsonian garden outside Saintfield, County Down
Terence Reeves-Smyth traces the development of the world-famous arboretum at Castlewellan, Co Down, framed by sea and mountains
The Irish National Memorial Gardens at Islandbridge in Dublin represents one of the most admirable and noble projects undertaken in the newly founded Irish Free State, writes Kevin V Mulligan
What’s in a name? Is botany an art or a science or a hybrid, muses Matthew Jebb, as he walks through The National Botanic Gardens.
While his father made the Grand Tour, James Hamilton 2nd Earl of Clanbrassill preferred to stay at home and make improvements on his estates, the greatest of which is Tollymore, Co Down, writes Peter Murray
Peter Pearson makes a plea for re-roofing Kilmacurragh, the Queen Anne house set in an arcadian parkland in County Wicklow
Nigel Everett recounts how John Annan Bryce and his architect Harold Peto transformed Garinish Island into one of the most important gardens in Europe