Day Five – Exploring the west coast of Ireland and learning as we go. On the road yet again, on a lovely sunny day, we headed north up the west Irish coast toward Galway. The land is flatter here and mosly agricultural. We saw people cutting peat to sell as fuel, men thatching a roof, […]
Ireland Garden Tour – Day 4
Day Four – The best scenery yet, a mishap, and lunch at an authentic pub. When we left the hotel today, we didn’t have to rush and pack up, since we get to spend a second night in Killarney. Kevin drove us around the famously beautiful Ring of Kerry, a circular stretch of scenic highway, with […]
Ireland Garden Tour – Day 3
Day Three: More gardens and some precarious kissing. This morning we boarded the bus at 8:30 for the 45-minute drive to the city of Cork (Corcaigh). We stopped at Beechwood Garden, a one-acre, award-winning home garden owned by the Kirbys.We saw both familiar and exciting new plants such as African rope grass, giant Scottish thistle, […]
Ireland Garden Tour – Day 2
Day Two: Two very different gardens and a hotel by the sea. After another big breakfast, we boarded the bus for another day of viewing gardens and touring the towns and countryside of Ireland. We drove through gorgeous scenery of green fields separated by hedgerows, distant mountains, and views of the Irish Sea. We tried […]
Ireland Garden Tour – Day 1
First official day of our tour of the Emerald Isle Awaking this morning at the Alexander Hotel in Dublin, all 17 of our tour group were in various states of alertness, but all with anticipation of what adventures the day would bring. After a full Irish breakfast, we met our driver Kevin and our tour guide Nora, then […]
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