Tour Overview
The Carlow Garden Trail currently features 22 different gardening attractions with three gardens in the surrounding counties of Kildare and Wexford. The trail includes great old gardens that have been lovingly restored and maintained throughout the years, and smaller gardens which are maturing beautifully with time. Award winning garden centres and forest parks complement the joy of a visit here. The Carlow Garden Trail ranges from small to very large gardens, garden centres and forest parks and from old to new, so there is something to stimulate both the novice and experienced gardener. Known for its mild and temperate climate, County Carlow in Ireland’s sunny South East is the ideal destination for your gardening trip.Identifiable road signs make the Carlow Garden Trail an easy-to-follow tour through one of themost beautiful inland counties of Ireland offering a unique insight into the plants and plants people that make each premises so individual. The trail can be driven in a day if so desired but naturally we encourage you to relax and enjoy the remarkable beauty of these gardens, garden centres and forest parks at a more leisurely pace.
Stops
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Stop 1: Burtown House and Gardens
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Stop 2: The Meadows Garden in Myshall
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Stop 3: Newtownbarry House and Gardens
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Stop 4: Huntington Castle and Gardens
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Stop 5: Altamont Gardens
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Stop 6: Rath Wood Forest Walks
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Stop 7: Duckett’s Grove Walled Gardens and Pleasure Grounds
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Stop 8: Oak Park Forest Park
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Stop 9: Delta Sensory Gardens
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Stop 10: Arboretum Inspirational Gardens
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Stop 11: Leighlinbridge – The Garden Village
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Stop 12: Herb Gardens at Kilgraney House
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Stop 13: Borris House Gardens and Woodlands
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Stop 14: Shankill Castle
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Stop 15: Hardymount Gardens
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Stop 16: Lucy’s wood garden
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Stop 17: Morgan’s Garden Centre
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Stop 18: Rathvilly Garden Centre
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Stop 19: Ashlawn Garden Centre