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Rowallane Garden

Rowallane Garden
Saintfield
Ballynahinch
County Down

BT24 7LH

tel: 028 9751 0131
fax: 028 9751 1242

Area: Northern Ireland
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Rowallane Garden -- Northern Ireland
Visitor Information www.nationaltrust.org.uk
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Rowallane Garden
Northern Ireland
All details updated* as of: 19/02/2008
Disabled information plus mobility and walking aids
 Opening Days and Hours

2nd Jan - 11 Apr 08, 10-4, daily
12 Apr - 14 Sep 08, 10 - 8, daily
15 Sep 08 - 31 Jan 09, 10-4, daily
Closed 15 and 26 Dec & 1 Jan 09. Last admission 30mins before closing

Parties / Coaches: Yes
Groups / Coaches need Appointment:
Not necessary

House Open for Viewing: No

National Garden Scheme days: no
Best Times of Year to Visit:
May - June
To see:
Rhododendron and azalea display
 Admission Prices
£4.36, child £2.18, family £10.90. Groups £3.50, Group visits outside normal hours £5
 Onsite Facilities
Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Shop: No
Plants for Sale: Yes
Lunches: Yes
Teas: Yes
Light Refreshment: Yes
Picnics: Yes
Dogs Allowed: Yes
On Lead only: Yes
Special Events: Yes
Other Facilities:
Band concerts. For tea room opening times, please ring number above.
 Garden Features
A true plantsman's garden in an informal style - with trees, shrubs and plants from around the world; Garden retains natural landscape of surrounding area; Spectacular azaleas and rhododendrons; Notable natural Rock Garden Wood with Primulas, Meconopsis and shade-loving plants; Walled garden includes National Collection of penstemons; Several areas managed as wildflower meadows English Heritage Garden Grade:
National Collection: Large flowered penstemon hybrids
 Description of Garden
Designer:
This garden of 52 acres is famous for its collection of rhododendrons but is also a large plantsman's garden of great beauty and character. The modest farmhouse stands beside the lawns and the arboretum containing the stone dais (from which the Rev. Moore is believed to have addressed his parishoners) which is now the base of a bandstand, and surrounded by many fine specimen trees planted by him. Favoured by its damp climate the garden features drifts of Himalyan poppies, hostas, astilbes and rodgersias. There are many varieties of rhododendrons and azaleas in spectacular banks set against a background of woodland.

The compact form of Viburnum plicatum, called Rowallane, grows in the centre of a paved area laid out in the form of a Celtic Cross. In the outer walled garden is to be found the original plant of the popular quince, Chaeomeles japonca "Rowallane". There is much more to admire both in the Spring and Summer, but the visitor should, at the end of the garden, pause, look over the low stone boundary wall to the surrounding countryside, similar in outline - but empty, and marvel at what Hugh Armytage Moore has wrought here.
 History of Garden
The garden was originally planted by Rev. John Moore who bought the property in 1860. His nephew, Hugh Armytage Moore began his planting in 1903, in spite of being told that the land there was 'not fit to graze a goat'. Rather than level and plough the area, he made a feature of the dry-stone walls, rocks and spongy turf and his planting follows the undulating line of the country. The tradition has been maintained by his successors and the garden, being largely organic, features a profusion of wildlife.
 Nearby Northern Ireland Hotels, Facilities & Amenities
Hotels & Accommodation:
Restaurants:
Tea rooms in Saintfield
Inns & Pubs:
Rowallane & White Horse in village
Villages / Towns / Sightseeing:
Mount Stewart - 15 miles
Belfast 11 miles
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