Garden Tours

First chamber: "The Woods"
The oldest tree of the garden is at the edge of the Woods and the avenue. It is the registered and protected Cordyline with many seedlings, facing the south west for over 120 years.
From March to May more than 3500 daffodils are blossoming. The ornamental grasses are entwined by Mexican daisies and the old fashioned Rosa Geranium guards the entrance to other parts of the garden. Water lilies give a lot of colour, dragonflies are hovering over de water and tiny frogs try to survive.

Second chamber: "Lady Bevir's Nursery"
Lady Bevir, was born and bred in Breaffy House and married to Sir Anthony Bevir; he was a secretary to the prime ministers of the UK. Lady Bevir used this area as a vegetable garden. She sold the vegetables to the neighbours.

Third chamber: "The Furthest Garden"
The little "Monet Bridge" with the 4 cast-iron griffins is the remake of a similar deteriorated one.

Fourth chamber: “The Garden Centre”
In spring 2006 Dutch students of a Green College made 3 example gardens meant, to show customers of the Garden Centre some creative possibilities of garden design.
The Polytunnel is a delight of different aromas with the vine as a highlight.

Fifth chamber: “The Orchard”
The pear trees are forced to grow horizontal into a “pear-table”.

Sixth chamber: “Leprechaun Bushes”
The haphazardly grown huge Sycamores cast their shade and shelter over this mysterious part of the garden.

Seventh chamber: “Chessboard with Sculptures”
The Chessboard area is divided in squares, although this may not always be very obvious.

Eighth chamber: “The Grey Garden”
This particular spot was once the wettest place of the garden, but it has turned into the warmest by using stones and gravel keeping the heat of the sun in.

Ninth chamber: “The Round Herbaceous Border”
It was quite a challenge to manoeuvre the big round border in between the existing trees surrounding it. The colour scheme of this border is mainly white-pink-red.

Tenth chamber: “The Yellow Garden”
The line of Rhododendrons is confined with a closed, woven hedge of branches, taken from the very same bushes. Within, it is now a safe haven for many nesting birds.

Eleventh chamber: “The Fern Corner”
You’ll find a few tree ferns, which do speak for themselves.

Twelfth chamber: “Badger’s meadow”
The wonderful bronze sculpture of the two playing badgers is made by Taeke de Jong.

Thirteenth chamber: “The Kitchen Garden”
This is the lucky number of the kitchen garden. You enter a totally different world behind the hedge of Olearia Odorata. The light is striking and the concrete raised beds give an almost industrial touch to this most practical developed garden.
Behind the kitchen garden is the area with three compost heaps, which are enriched with fresh seaweed from the shore. A big fire place burns the weeds and twigs. The ash is also recycled in the garden.

The boathouse
The entrance is over the little dyke. At the end of a tour you’ll find here a refreshment.