N2 Francis Ledwidge Museum, Janeville, Slane, Co. Meath To BelBe fastfasf tt, , Tel: +353 (0) 41 9824544 E: [email protected] DDunDuDundalkdalda kak aandndn W: francisledwidge.com GPS 53.707104, -6.527456 CarCarlingforlinngfogfordr d Ardee World War I poet and soldier, Francis Ledwidge, was born and raised in this Kells High N33 lovingly restored C 19th labourers’ cottage, containing memorabilia. Te pretty Crosses Drumconrath M1 cottage garden reminds us of the poet’s love for nature deep in the countryside Old Mellifont Monasterboice around Slane. Open: Mar - Oct, 10am -5pm, 7 days/week. Oct - Mar, 10am -3.30 pm, 7 days/week. Fee: €3 Adults, €2 Seniors and Students, €6 Family. AbbeyNobber N2 Monasterboice St Laurence’s N52 Barmeath Gate Rokeby Castle Loughcrew House and Gardens, Oldcastle, Co. Meath Loughcrew N3 Hall Clogherhead Cairns St. Peter’s Tel: 353 (0) 49 854 1356 E: [email protected] W: loughcrew.com Moynalty Collon Church GPS 53.787672, -7.146066 Killineer Magnifcent restored gardens with yew walk, woodland walks, walled garden, OOldcastle Old Mellifont House and R132 Beaulieu Abbey canal and parterre - nestled close to the iconic Loughcrew Cairns. 13 Kells Gardens House and Termonfeckin Adventure centre and cofee shop on site. Please see website for more Monastic Site Gardens Boyne Garden Centre details and tour guide. Hill of Slane Listoke R154 Townley Hall Drogheda Ballinlough Teltown Open: 7 days/week year round. Weekdays 10am - 5pm, weekends 11am-5pm. House Francis Gardens Baltray Museum, LedwidgeLedwidg e Museum Millmount Fee: €6 Adults, €5 OAP, €3 Children, €20 family ticket. LoughcrewLoLououughcghghc Slane Castle Loughcrew R163 Museum and Martello HouseHoHouussee & Spire Donaghpatrick Mornington Tower HouseGardensGaGarGarrdeden ands of Lloyd Church N51 Gardens Kells Donaghmor e Round Tower Ardmulchan Slane Drogheda Bettystown Listoke Gardens, (Art Gallery, Pavilion Tea Rooms, Garden Shop Church Donaghpatrick & Distillery and Gin School) Ballymakenny Rd. Drogheda, Co. Louth R147 Highlanes Sonairte Eco Centre Donore Gallery Kilskeer N52 and Gardens Laytown Tel : 353 (0) 86 2118741 / 353 (0) 87 744 7057 E: [email protected] Dowth W: www.listoke.com GPS: 53.743502, -6.347011 Battle of the Battle of Brú na Bóinne Boyne Beautiful Edwardian garden with many rare herbeaceous plants, woodland Newgrange, the Boyne Knowth & Dowth Duleek Oldbridge walk and a small menagerie of feathered friends to delight all ages. Tea Pavilion M3 M1 HouseBellewstown and plantshop. For Tearoom opening times and more information about Art Gallery openings, Distillery & Gin School and B/B, please see website. R154 Gormanstown Hill of Ward Navan listoke.com & listokedistillery.ie N51 N3 Open: April 1- Sept 30, Mon-Sun, 11-16.30 Oct 1 - April 1, Athboy Tur-Sun, 11-16.30 Fee: €5 garden with guided tour. Delvin N2 Groups by appointment. N51 Bective Abbe y LedwidgeRiverlane Trim Castle Hill of Tara Loughcrew Cairns NurseriesMuseum Brú na Boinne Rokeby Hall, Grangebellew, Dunleer, Co Louth. Skryne Church Tel: +353 (0) 86 864 4228 E: [email protected] W: rokeby.ie Bective Tara GPS: 53.805973, -6.349411 Built by architect Francis Johnston in the C18th, Rokeby won the Killmessan An Taisce Ellison Award, 2013, for the restoration of its Turner Trim Castle Trim M3 LedwidgeSt Mary’s designed Conservatory. Tis and the garden can be visited at times MuseumAbbey Dunsany listed below. Groups more than 8 must be booked in advance. Dunshaughlin Please see website for more details. Ashbourne M2 Open: May 1-31, Mon-Sat, 10am-2pm. Sept 1-30, Mon-Sat, 10am-2pm Ratoath Heritage Week: 10am-2pm By appointment at all other times. Fee: €7 Adults €5 Students/Children. No dogs. M1M1 N3 Sonairte Eco Centre and Gardens Hill of Tara Te Ninch, Laytown, Co. Meath. Clonard RatoathLedwidge Tel: 353 (0) 41 982 7572 E: [email protected] W: sonairte.ie GardenMuseum Centre GPS: 53.703211, -6.2677 Dunboyne Clonee Sonairte is a great family day out; developed around a traditional C18th Barmeath Castle, Dunleer, Co. Louth, Beaulieu House and Garden, Drogheda, Co. Louth. Historic Gardens M4M4 Irish farmstead. Visit the productive walled garden, walk a pretty trail Tel: +353(0)41 685Enfield 1205 W: boynevalleygardentrail.com GPS 53.823152, -6.337824 Tel: +353 (0) 41 983 8557 E: [email protected] along the River Nanny and learn about bees at the Bee Museum. Craf and Kilcock W: beaulieuhouse.ie GPS: 53.732466,M50 -6.292419 food fairs year round. Cofee shop on site. See website for more details. Tese gardens are open at set times of Unique, C18th landscape designed by Tomas Wright includes fne specimen azaleas and rhododendrons. A recently restored walled garden is a joy to visit with C18th walled garden overlooking the River Boyne, planted with a vibrant, Open: Year round, Tues-Sun, 10.30am-4.30pm the year. Some houses open also. Groups opulent herbaceous borders and kitchen garden plots. double herbaceous border, fruit trees, knot garden, lawns and summer house. Fee: €2 Guided tours of house times below.DublinDDu Groupsubblliinn by appointment. Tea and cofee should book in advance. Many garden Open May 1-31, June 1-9, 9am-1pm and Heritage Week. Groups by M4appointment. by arrangement. Fee: €5 Adults. Free for children. No Dogs. Ardmulchan Church Brú na Bóinne (Newgrange) Duleek Church & Crosses Killeen Castle Old Mellifont Abbey Patrickstown Viewing Point Townley Hall St. Mary’s Abbey, High Street, Trim, Co. Meath ownersN 53.67318 W -6.62623 ofer N 53.67318 tea/cofeeN 53.414020 by arrangement. W -6.264668 N 53.655202 W -6.417501 N 53.527232 W -6.590250 N 53.742983 W -6.464292 Open: June N1 53.749760- Sept 10, W -7.085113Mon - Fri, 11am-5pm.N 53.724515 W -6.427538 July and August open Sat-Sun, 1pm-5pm. Tel +353 (0) 87 205 7176 E: [email protected] Battle of the Boyne Donaghmore Round Tower Francis Ledwidge Museum Kells Round Tower & High Crosses Drogheda Museum, MillmountFee: €10 (40Slane min Castle guided tour) house and self-guidedTrim Castle garden. W: boynevalleygardentrail.com GPS: 53.556508, -6.789578 N 53.722699 W -6.412969 N 53.67084 W -6.66055 N 53.706870 BattleW -6.526697 of the Boyne,N 53.727106 Oldbridge W -6.879161 House andN 53.424248Gardens, W -6.21115 €5 garden only.N 53.71172 Free Wunder -6.56438 16. No dogs. N 53.554778 W -6.789759 Drogheda, Co. Meath An intriguing, medieval abbey dating back to 1415 with walled kitchen Beaulieu House Donaghpatrick Church Hill of Slane Loughcrew Cairns Monasterboice St Peter’s Church, Drogheda Trim Heritage Town garden overlooking the River Boyne and Trim Castle. Converted to a N 53.437 W -6.177 N 53.696443 W -6.758828 N 53.717413 Tel:W -6.539246 +353 (0) 41 9809950 N E: 53.443840 battleo Wf [email protected] N 53.463764 W -6.25260 N 53.714812 W -6.351497 N 53.554778 W -6.789759 W: battleofheboyne.ie GPS 53.722910, - 6.414290 Killineer House and Gardens, Drogheda, Co. Louth manor house and then a school, St. Mary’s has centuries of history to tell. Bective Abbey Drogheda Walled Town Hill of Tara Loughcrew House & Gardens Navan Town Tower of Lloyd N 53.58135 W -6.701334 N 53.424248 W -6.21115 N 53.581162 Fine,W -6.608903 restored walled gardenN 53.734162 with sunken W -7.136420 Octagon Garden, peachN 53.650051 house, W apple -6.685121 Tel: +353 (0)N 53.7304841 983 8563W -6.90708 E: [email protected] Open: Feb 20-24 and Feb 27-28, 2pm-6pm orchard and paths lined with vibrant herbaceous borders leading to a historic W: killineerhouse.ie GPS 53.734229, -6.376233 Mar 1-3, Mon-Fri, 2-6pm garden exhibition located in the Bothy. Tea Pavilion overlooking the gardens. Jul 3-9, 2pm-6pm. Jul 24-30, 2pm-6pm. Early C19th Italianate garden has formal paths descending from terraces to Please check GPS co-ordinates prior to your journey. The co-ordinates above are submitted by a third party and Free battle site walks and nearby Boyne Greenway canal and river walks. Aug 19-31, 2pm-6pm. cannot be guaranteed by Fáilte Ireland. Events programme year round. a woodland walk, picturesque lake and summerhouse. A visit to the 1.5 acre Sept 1, 18-24, 25-29, 2pm-6pm. Oct 23-27, 2-6pm. Nov 6-10, 2-6pm walled garden with fruit trees, herbaceous borders and vegetables is heavenly. Fee: €5 Adult. €2 unwaged. Open: All year except Christmas and New Year. Fee: Gardens are free of charge. Guided tours of house available on dates below. Groups by appointment. Admission charges apply to Visitor Centre. Open: Feb 1-20, May 1-15, June 1-10 and Aug 14-28. Fee: €6 garden. No dogs. www.boynevalleygardentrail.com Battle of the Boyne Octagon Garden Drogheda, Co Louth BOYNE VALLEY 2017 Garden Trail Trail Garden Garden Trail 2017 BOYNE VALLEY VALLEY BOYNE Barmeath Castle and Gardens, Boyne Garden Centre, Slane Co. Meath Dunleer, Co. Louth By Appointment Only Gardens: The Boyne Valley Garden Trail includes gardens open by appointment in rural and village settings. Please contact the owners directly before visiting. Balrath House and Courtyard, Navan, Co. Meath Tel +353 (0) 41 982 5749 W: balrathcourtyard.com A perfectly romantic Georgian house built in 1760, set in idyllic gardens, Balrath House ofers 4 star self-catering accommodation. Please see website for reservations and to book a visit. Bramley Cottage, Te Rath Farm, Kilsallaghan, Co. Meath Tel: 353 (0) 87 683 9520 E: [email protected] W: janemccorkell.com Jane McCorkell, seven times Gold Medal winner at Bloom, opens her own gorgeous garden, by appointment in June.