TheAn 11-day garden historyGardens study-travel abroad experience in Irel andof and Ireland Northern Ireland for Extension Master Gardeners and their guests July 17- July 27, 2019 This class will expand Master Gardeners’ knowledge in ornamental horticulture, landscape, and garden design in a historical context. We’ll visit and study 18th, 19th, 20th and even 21st century garden / landscape sites such as Powerscourt, Killruddery, Mount Usher, Mount Stewart, Heywood Garden, Lismore Castle, Ilnaculin, Bantry House, Muckross House, the Ballymaloe Cookery School & Organic Garden, June Blake’s Garden, Hunting Brook Garden, Hillside Garden, and the Japanese and St. Fiachra’s Gardens at the Irish National Stud.

Program Policies: Registration is only open to participants in a Cooperative Extension Service Master Gardener Program (one guest permitted). Enrollment will be limited to 25 total (Master Gardeners and guests), available on a fi rst come basis with a $500 deposit required, beginning December 4, 2018. Advanced Master Gardener Training hours will be available to those Purdue University Master Gardeners who complete the required reading assignments and quizzes. Master Gardener participants may also earn volunteer service hours upon their return by sharing what they’ve learned with others.

Instructors from the Oval Sunken Garden at Heywood by Edwin Lutyens & Gertrude Jekyll Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture:

Required Reading (distributed to participants just prior to commencement of course) : Dr. Michael N. Dana The Gardens of Ireland - Landscape and Garden History for Master Gardeners NOTE: Professor of Horticulture and Landscape Architect. Optional Alternatives to Read for Historic Context: Mike developed and co-teaches an undergrad 1) Due to the Killeen, Richard. 2005. A Short History of Ireland. (72 pages, many pictures) summer course on History, Horticulture and historical nature of Landscape Architecture in England. Killeen, Richard. 2012. A Brief History of Ireland. (353 pages, mostly text) the sites visited, full accessibility at What’s Included: these sites cannot be Ms. B. Rosie Lerner • Two full-time Purdue instructors guraranteed. Each Extension Consumer Horticulture Specialist • Transport in Ireland via motor coach day, there will be and former State Master Gardener Coordinator. • 3/4 star accommodations in Glengarriff , Bray, Garryvoe & at Dublin Int’l. Airport substantial walking Rosie has led several gardening-related tours to (double occupancy, single supplement at additional cost) and occasionally, some Europe. • Breakfast daily, 5 lunches, and 6 dinners climbing of steep • Admission to 14 gardens, sites stairs and/or slopes Presented by: • Coach driver and group meal gratuities • Lectures, study guide, group discussions without handrail. Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture • Travel health and accident insurance (this is not trip cancellation insurance) Purdue Extension Master Gardener Program 2) Participants must International Programs in Agriculture What’s Not Included: be able to function • Airfare independently on • Airport - hotel transfers free days and at • Personal items (passport fees, laundry, alcoholic beverages) public events. (see • Hotel gratuities itinerary). • Some lunches, some dinners and other incidental expenses. • Trip cancellation insurance is recommended and should be available through your local travel agent Program Costs: Itinerary: • Program fee (dbl. occ.) for Ireland Land Package only, $3675 • Single Room Supplement, $600, total $4275 (*Meals Provided B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner) Single Travelers: We strongly encourage participants to travel with a Tuesday, July 16 – Travel to Dublin companion. If you are a single traveler and want to share a Thursday, July 25 – We spend a leisurely day exploring room, at your request we will share your contact information Wednesday, July 17 – Arrival at Dublin’s International Airport, Muckross House and viewing some of the mountain with others looking for a roommate. We cannot guarantee shuttle to Crowne Plaza Hotel. Independent fl exible time. scenery that is part of the Ring of Kerry. Then, a casual availability of a roommate; single supplement will apply if a Meet & greet, course introduction with dinner in the early lunch OYO and browsing in Kilarney. Later, maybe a walk roommate is not available. evening. (D) to Bamboo Park. (B,D) Payment Schedule: Thursday, July 18 – We’ll head north to experience Lady Friday, July 26 – We head back towards Dublin. But on the A $500 per person deposit is required to reserve space in the Londonderry’s lavish Mount Stewart House and Garden in way, we’ll visit the Hillside Garden in Cork and enjoy class. The fi nal balance will be due in full on March 1, 2019. Northern Ireland for the day. Our afternoon return takes us morning tea. Later, we enjoy a dramatic change of just south of Dublin to the coastal town of Bray. (B,D) garden style when we visit both the Japanese Garden Refund Policy: and St. Fiachra’s Garden at the Irish National Stud. (B,D) Once the course has reached the enrollment limit of 25 Friday, July 19 - Morning visit to the formal grandeur of participants, a waiting list will be maintained. Although fees are Powerscourt, followed by visits to two modern gardens Saturday, July 27 – Shuttle to Dublin International to return generally nonrefundable after January 15, a refund MAY be issued created by sister and brother garden makers, June (June home or continue your travels. Or move over to a city IF a replacement from the waiting list is available to take your spot. Blake’s Garden) and Jimi (Hunting Brook Gardens) Blake. (B,L) Walled Garden at Ilnacullin How to Register For This Course: Saturday, July 20 - Morning visit to Versailles-inspired Reservations will be accepted on a fi rst come/fi rst served basis on- Killruddery. We’ll spend the afternoon at the luscious, line or by telephone. Registration is open only to Master Gardeners or plant rich Mount Usher Garden, famous for its Robinsonian MG interns (one guest permitted, MG and guest registeration must be coordinated.) A $500 per person deposit is required to complete each style of naturalistic (not necessarily native) planting. (B,L) registration. Registration will begin at 1:30 pm EST on December 4, 2018. Sunday, July 21 – FREE DAY. You may want to rest or wander Here’s how: the environs of Bray, or you may decide to take the DART 1. On-line, go to https://www.purdue.edu/hla/sites/MGStudyAbroad (commuter train) in to Dublin for sightseeing, Guinness and click on the link to complete the registration form. A “time tasting, or other activity of your choice. (B) stamp” will be affi xed when you hit the “submit” button to indicate your registration priority. Do not submit the on-line form until 1:30 Monday, July 22 – We’ll visit Heywood with its classic sunken pm on December 4. Any entries before that time will be lost. garden by Edwin Lutyens with original planting design by Accommodations: 2. By phone, call toll-free 1-888-EXT-INFO (398-4636) and ask to be Gertrude Jekyll. Then, we learn at the famous Ballymaloe transferred to 41301 in Horticulture & Landscape Architecture or dial Cookery School and Organic Garden, preparing our own Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dublin Int’l. Airport direct (toll call) to 1-765-494-1301. Your registration priority will be dinner under the tutelage of the school’s talented chefs. A convenient location near our arrival and departure time-stamped once you have completed providing your registration Our overnight lodging provides sounds of the seashore. details. If leaving a message, indicate you’re calling about the 2019 airport. This hotel is a short shuttle ride from the terminals. (B,L,D) The Gardens of Ireland study course (TGoI19) and provide a phone number and time when you can be reached. Tuesday, July 23 – Lismore Castle is the Irish seat of the Dukes The Royal Hotel & Merrill Leisure Club, Bray 3. Be prepared to provide the following information for both primary of Devonshire, of Chatsworth fame. After our visit to the This loction provides effi cient access to the Dublin area and guest registrant: “defended” garden at Lismore, we travel through Cork on and gardens in the shadow of the Wicklow Mountains. a. name, address, phone, email our way toward Bantry Bay and Glengarriff . Later, maybe a b. state & county of MG training walk to Bamboo Park. (B,L,D) The Garryvoe Hotel, Garryvoe c. hotel occupancy (single or double) A charming old beachside resort hotel, the ocean view will d. roommate preference (if applicable) 4. Following registration, you will be billed for the deposit (and later, Wednesday, July 24 – On this morning, we’ll ferry out in the provide us with a pleasant respite from our garden focus. bay to Garinish Island to experience the romantic and the remaining fee) by the Purdue Division of Conferences. You may atmospheric Ilnacullin Garden designed by Harold Peto. pay by credit card or personal check (payable to Purdue University). Eccles Hotel, Glengarriff Harbour, Glengarriff Registration is not complete until your payment is received. After lunch, we’ll move around the bay to Bantry House Located overlooking the Bay of Bantry and Garinish Island and Garden. For the evening, you can explore Bantry and (Ilnacullin), we’ll use this charming Victorian era hotel as our Questions? its plentiful eateries for dinner OYO. (B,L) base for exploring gardens of Ireland’s southwest corner. Contact Jamie Moff att (765-494-1301, jmoff [email protected]), or Rosie (765-494-1311, [email protected]) Mike (765-494-5923, [email protected])