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Garden Name: Powerscourt
Last Modified: 13/01/2010
Garden ID: 0100

pic: 0100_powerscourt.jpg

Owner: The Manager
Address:
Enniskerry
Co. Wicklow

Postcode: 
County: Republic of Ireland

tel: 00353 (1) 204 6000
fax: (1) 204 6900
website: www.powerscourt.ie
email: carmel.byrne {at} powerscourt.net

Features: 


English Heritage Grade:


Opening Times:
All Year; 7 Days a week; 9.30am - 5.30pm in Summer (last admission 5pm), 9.30am - Dusk in Winter. except Christmas Day and Boxing Day). Waterfall closes two weeks before Christmas, but is open 9.30am - 7.00pm in May/June/July/Aug. and 10.30am - 5.30pm in Mar/Apr/Sept/Oct. 10.30am - 4pm in Nov/Dec/Jan/Feb.

Best Times of Year to Visit: 
All Year.

To see: 


National Collection: 


National Garden Scheme days: No
Comments: Open all year.

Parties / Coaches: Yes 
Comments: 

Viewing by Appointment: Yes
Comments: Please Book in Advance. 

House Open for Viewing: Yes
Comments: Audio Visual presentation also.

Admission Prices:
Summer Rates Gardens:
Adults €8.00. Seniors/Students €7.00, Children €5.00, Child U5 Free
Winter Rates Gardens:
Adults €6.00, Seniors/Students €5.50, Children €3.50, Child U5 Free
Summer / Winter Rates Waterfall:
Adults €5.00, Seniors/Students €4.50, Children €3.50, Child U2 Free
Groups of 20+ discount in summer Groups of 10+ discount in Winter.
Season Garden, House & Waterfall € 150.00 per family, € 90.00 per person.

Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Shop: Yes
Plants for Sale: Yes
Lunches: Yes
Teas: Yes
Refreshments: Yes
Picnics: Yes
Dogs allowed: Yes
Only on Lead: Yes
Events: Yes

Other Facilities:
Dogs at Waterfall area only and on leash


Designer: Richard Castle
Description of Garden:
Framed by the Wicklow Mountains and with formal tree plantations to the north, the extraordinary series of Italianate terraces on the south side lead down to the lake and are flanked by a walled garden with beautiful gates, rose beds and herbaceous borders. On the other side, the Tower Valley, named after the famous Pepper Pot Tower, features many fine specimen conifers from North America in its surrounding woodland. The Dolphin Pond, displaying its fine fountain, is bordered by a line of Japanese red cedars. The Japanese Garden leads one around its formal pattern on a series of concentric paths.

Some six kilometres away the highest waterfall in Ireland at 398ft is set in a deer park with magnificent specimen trees and woodlands.

Powerscourt is one of the world's grandest gardens, and is now owned by the Slazenger family.


History: 
Based on a 13th Century castle, Powerscourt was remodelled in the 18th Century when owned by Sir Richard Wingfield, who created the magnificent mansion and surrounding grounds in the decade after 1731. Further alterations were undertaken a century later for the 6th Viscount Powerscourt by Daniel Robertson who is said to have suffered severely from gout and directed operations from a wheelbarrow, fortified by a bottle of sherry. When the bottle was finished, work ceased for the day! 

The 7th Viscount completed the work in the late 1850s, using his own and other designers' plans, to finish the terraces and planting thousands of trees, whilst installing much statuary, ironwork and decorative items.

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Restaurants: 


Village/Town/Sightseeing: 
Glendalough Monastic Ruins Site
Avoca Village
Bally Kiss Angel
Kilruddery Gardens
Mount Usher Gardens