Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Irish Gardens (and more?), 4 by sissystars

sissystars wrote:
Ok, enough Muckross House (though I'll throw in pics of Ross Castle and of Muckross Abbey also on the Ring).

The next garden scenes are from Kylemore Abbey in Connemara, Co. Galway. It was originally a private house but is now occupied by Benedictine nuns who are restoring the gardens, including a walled Victorian garden. The Victorian garden once had 21 glasshouses, all connected so the ladies could stroll in the colder months, and which provided the House with bananas and other tropical fruits as well as fresh vegetables year round. They have only rebuilt a few, but are working on funding to complete the reconstruction.