End of Season

Lismore Castle Gardens close for the season at the end of October so it has been on our mind for the last week that we would fit in a final visit, something that was a challenge with the very changeable weather of this past week when strong winds and heavy rain threatened each day. When …

Beautiful in Lismore!

We had planned to visit Lismore Castle Gardens yesterday, 12th July, but the weather was miserable so it wasn't worth making the journey to spend a damp and overcast time in the garden. Today was far better, a beautifully bright and warm day, not too hot but pleasantly hot and the gardens looked marvellous. They …

Looking Back in Amazement

And, I suppose, it would be appropriate to continue the title with "and forward in confidence". What has me looking back in amazement is a very little research I did recently on Sir Joseph Paxton (1801 - 1868). This was in connection with the recently restored vinery at Lismore Castle Gardens, now completed after almost …

Lismore Castle Gardens, May 2022

Covid prompted us last year to purchase a season ticket for the gardens at Lismore Castle and we have done the same this year as it is both exceptional value and the gardens merit a visit at least once a month through the open season. It really is worthwhile visiting a garden on a regular …

Lismore Castle, End of Season.

We made what we imagine to be our last visit of the season to Lismore Castle Gardens on Sunday last. On our previous visit it was obvious that the display in the flower beds was coming to a close so this was one more of a sense of seeing out the season than with any …

Visually in Lismore Castle Garden.

A Saturday morning appraisal of the coming weather advised us that Sunday and Monday would be wet and as this would lead to two days of confinement, to being indoors, inactive and probably dreary, we decided to put aside our plan to cut the grass before the wet weather and take a day out. Days …

Lismore Castle Gardens – with lots of Photographs!

Our season ticket to Lismore Castle Gardens has been well used this year and we certainly have had excellent value for money from it. It's an hour's drive, 70Km, gate to gate but because of road works and a diversion today's journey took an hour and a half but it brought us to parts of …

Lismore Castle Gardens in Photographs.

Lismore Castle is on the banks of the River Blackwater in west Co. Waterford. I highly recommend a visit and indeed a full day out as the town itself is very beautiful and interesting. There is a very pleasant walk along the bank of the river and returning via woodland and small roads to your …