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Primrose Hill tel: 00353 (1) 628 0373 Area: Republic of Ireland |
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| Visitor Information | www.dublingardens.com/primrose_hill.html -- email: dgg {at} oceanfree.net |
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Primrose Hill |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||
1st Feb - 1st Mar; daily; 2pm - 5pm and 1st June - 31st July; Daily; 2pm - 6pm |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: No |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes Groups by appointment, casual visitors outside normal opening dates/times, please telephone beforehand. |
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House
Open for Viewing: No |
National
Garden Scheme days: No |
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Best
Times of Year to Visit: Feb 1st June - 31st July |
To
see: snowdrops shrubs and herbaceous borders |
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| Admission Prices | ||||||
| Adult €6; Child €2.50; Groups €4 per person | ||||||
| Onsite Facilities | ||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: No |
Shop:
No Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: No |
Teas:
No Light Refreshment: No Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: No |
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| Other
Facilities: Guided tours available. |
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| Garden Features | ||||||
| One of the largest plantsman's gardens in Ireland. It has been built up over the last 40 years and surrounds a period house. | English Heritage Garden Grade: | |||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
The Halls |
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| A true plantsman's garden of about 5ha nurtured since 1950 by the owners, Cicely and Robin Hall, this garden has a reputation for being one of the finest of its type with one of its best collections of plants In Ireland, excluding trees and shrubs. It is reached through a beech avenue with a small but growing arboretum on one side and has an excellent collection of snowdrops, including its own variety, so consequently is best visited in February. In mid-summer, the visitor is rewarded again with luxuriant herbaceous borders. Irises, lilies and lobelias feature strongly. | ||||||
| History of Garden | ||||||
| Primrose Hill house is a regency villa attributed to the architect, James Gandon. Eamon de Valera and his political constitution adviser, Dr. Irwin were frequent visitors to the house in the 1920s and 1930s. The house and grounds were part of the Lucan House Demesne. Four generations of gardeners in the same family have tended and developed the garden at Primrose Hill with some plants there being in the family for over 100 years. | ||||||
| Nearby Republic of Ireland Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | ||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Finnstown Spa, and others at Lucan |
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| Inns & Pubs: O'Neills, Courtney, and others at Lucan |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Within walking distance of Village |
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