Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland has two first rate gardens: Mount Stewart, Rowallane


Rowallane Garden
Rowallane Garden » A famous woodland garden, with rock garden, walled garden and wildflower meadows. Read more on Rowallane Garden »


Mount Stewart House Garden
(5.0/5)
Mount Stewart House Garden » An eighteenth century house and park with a twentieth century garden, made by the Marchioness of Londonderry after 1921. The park is on the shore of Strangford Lough and has a Temple of the Winds (1785) by James 'Athenian' Stuart. The garden has a balustraded terrace, an Italian parrterre garden, a Spanish garden, a sunken garden, a Shamrock garden, a woodland garden and a a lake. The planting is broadly Arts and Crafts, benefiting from a mild humid climate. Read more on Mount Stewart House Garden »