I love gardens and Strokestown Park gardens are very beautiful. They remind me a bit of Lissadell House gardens (Lissadell is now closed to the public).
I was delighted to have the Canon 100D with me that Canon Ireland have lent me. I’m very pleased with the results, it’s a fantastic camera.
There are so many hidden places in the garden, it was great fun exploring it. It was just so peaceful wandering around, like being in another world.
The tractor is from the 1950’s and is still in use, I actually saw it in action. The gardens grow fruit, vegetables and herbs which are all used in the restaurant.
Broom Hilda is there to welcome visitors…she doesn’t say much though! I wonder if she joins in with the croquet club which takes place every Wednesday morning and is free of charge.
The Glass houses were built in 1780 by James O Donnell they are believed to be the oldest restored Glass-house range in Ireland. The hole in the ground you can see in the photo above is the cross-section of what was thought to be a pineapple house from the 1700’s….imagine that pineapples in Ireland in the 1700’s!
There are moorhens nesting in the pond above but I didn’t get to see them. I could go on for a week posting photos…but I’ll run out of blog space! The rest of my photos from the day are here.
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Beautiful photographs. Thanks.
Great to see these and also the ones of the house. I actually stayed there many years ago when friends were living there as caretakers. Think I may have slept in one of the four poster beds! It was before the gardens were restored – must go back again some time.