Horatio’s Garden

GardenGardens might exhibit structural enhancements, typically referred to as follies , together with water features equivalent to fountains , ponds (with or without fish), waterfalls or creeks, dry creek beds, statuary, arbors, trellises and extra. Situated on the sunny, south-going through flanks of the Lamb Hill within the foothills of the lofty Wicklow mountains, Looking Brook garden is the boldly idiosyncratic creation of Jimi Blake, the noted Irish horticulturist, instructor and plantsman who first came to prominence in the course of the 1990s as the top gardener of the historic Airfield Gardens in Dundrum, Co Dublin.

For a lot of of our guests it’s astonishing that a garden exists here, but despite the gales and salty winds, the Gulf Stream tempers the climate so that frosts are a rarity and the rock acts as a huge radiator – absorbing warmth by day and releasing it at night time, creating a … Read the rest