Altamont Gardens
Altamont Gardens
14/06/09 21:34 Filed in: Photos
We spent a very
agreeable afternoon today at Altamont Gardens
near Tullow, Co
Carlow. It rained on the way there and on the
way back home, but thankfully it was nice and
sunny while we were there.
I’m often up
and down the N80, and so had been aware of Altamont
Gardens for some time, without actually knowing
what was there. I was leafing through a Fáilte
Ireland guide to the South East last week and saw
an entry for it, so I suggested to Herself that we
should go there some Sunday. Usually this sort of
thing gets filed by us under “Must Do - Sometime”
and then gets forgotten about. But today at 11
o’clock, with the sun shining, I mentioned it
again. So off we went.
I’m not a keen gardener by any stretch of the imagination, but even my uncouth eye was impressed by the gardens here. There is an enormous collection of plants and flowers, arranged along borders and plots through which there are gravelled walkways, all of which is impeccably kept. The house looks like it is in need of some serious tlc, but it is a beautiful building.
I have put together a small album of photos from our visit, which you can see here.
Late lunch afterward at the Lord Bagenal Inn in Leighlinbridge rounded off a very enjoyable Sunday afternoon.
Altamont Gardens location:
I’m not a keen gardener by any stretch of the imagination, but even my uncouth eye was impressed by the gardens here. There is an enormous collection of plants and flowers, arranged along borders and plots through which there are gravelled walkways, all of which is impeccably kept. The house looks like it is in need of some serious tlc, but it is a beautiful building.
I have put together a small album of photos from our visit, which you can see here.
Late lunch afterward at the Lord Bagenal Inn in Leighlinbridge rounded off a very enjoyable Sunday afternoon.
Altamont Gardens location:
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