George Forrest

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Headfort Court, Headfort Demesne, Kells, Co Meath
East wing of Headfort School on six acres of gardens for €1.5m

Headfort Demesne’s origins trace back to the 1600s but the house itself was constructed in the 1760s, for Thomas Taylour, Lord Headfort, designed by G(...)

Omphalodes ‘Starry Eyes’. Photograph: Paddy Tobin
Anything but the shamrock: gardening experts name their Irish favourites

What is your favourite Irish plant? And no, you’re not allowed to say shamrock … Instead, I’m thinking of the thousands of wonderful garden plants (...)

Seamus O’Brien, head gardener of Kilmacurragh surrounded by the flowers of the tree rhododendron, R.arboreum ssp. cinnamomeum, which is in full bloom in the gardens at the moment. Photograph: Richard Johnson
Seeds of knowledge

An awfully long time – roughly 140 years – has passed since the famous Broad Walk of Kilmacurragh in Co Wicklow was first laid out by siblings (...)