Georgina Campbell's Ireland for Garden Lovers

•    “A wander around someone else’s patch can be both inspiring (so many ideas to borrow) and restorative (when you break a long and tedious trip across the country). A good guide book, of course, is an essential tool for all would-be garden visitors…this (Georgina Campbells Ireland for Garden Lovers) is a book worth packing and consulting when garden-visiting…around this island” Jane Powers, Irish Times

•    “a great guide to some of Ireland’s loveliest gardens with delightful places to stay along the way” Diarmuid Gavin,  My Favourite Books of the Year, Sunday Independent

•    “…will be an invaluable asset to anyone planning a garden visit, a short break or a garden holiday” Carmel Duignan, The Irish Garden Magazine

•    “provides a wonderful framework for the garden lover’s holiday – north and south” HOT TIPS, Irish Examiner

•    “this is a true gem – a book for garden lovers who travel the country” Diarmuid Gavin, Irish Gardening Icon,  Woman’s Way Magazine

•    “a wonderful addition to the garden lover’s bookshelf” Diarmuid Gavin, Irish Gardening Icon,  Woman’s Way Magazine

•    “every garden lover should keep a copy in the car” Diarmuid Gavin, Irish Gardening Icon,  Woman’s Way Magazine

•    “Irish Gems - A delightful book” The Lady Magazine, London


Gentle Journeys Through Ireland’s Most Beautiful Gardens, with Delightful Places to Stay & Dine Along the Way…

This magical book combines a guide to the most delightful places for garden lovers to stay and eat, with one to the top gardens of Ireland, providing a wonderful framework for the garden lover’s Irish holiday, and if the trip isn't possible for any reason then the wonderful images and descriptive narrative will take you there anyway!

Simple and user friendly, this image heavy book includes around one hundred of Ireland's tip top gardens, north and south, arranged by area, with up to the minute practical information, photographs and maps. Introducing each section there is a guide to the kind of romantic accommodation and restaurants, pubs or caf?s with really interesting food that will enhance the garden lovers experience, in most cases also set in lovely gardens. Each section also includes useful information for gardeners with suggestions for top nurseries, garden centres or additional gardens to visit.

This unusual guide builds on the reputation of two experienced writers in the hospitality and garden fields. The Georgina Campbell Guides to The Best Places To Eat Drink and Stay in Ireland  (the Georgina Campbell’s Ireland series) are widely recognised as the essential companions to any tour around the country, and Marianne Heron’s best selling Hidden Gardens of Ireland is a classic favourite.

Designed to cater for both the Irish and overseas market, the guide will be both an ideal gift and a long lived useful substitute for the plethora of cross references in books, maps and brochures needed for the intrepid garden visitor. For the more casual garden lover, it will provide the perfect reference for planning holidays and short breaks in the most delightful surroundings.

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KEY FEATURES:

•  Originally published in 2006 and still a useful reference, this book provides an independently assessed guide to the most delightful places for garden lovers to stay and eat, combined with one to the top gardens of Ireland. Both gardens and establishments are selected entirely on merit, do not pay for entry & may not advertise in the guide.

• Simple and user friendly, the book includes around one hundred tip top gardens arranged in 10 “clumps or posies” around the countryside with up to the minute practical information photographs and maps.

• Introducing each section there is a guide to the kind of romantic accommodation and restaurants, pubs or cafes with really interesting food that will enhance the garden lovers experience, in most cases also set in lovely gardens.

• A concluding section also includes useful information for gardeners, with suggestions for top nurseries or additional gardens to visit.

• The guide builds on the reputation of two experienced writers in the hospitality and garden fields: the Georgina Campbell Guides to The Best Places To Eat Drink and Stay in Ireland are widely recognised as the essential companions to any tour around the country, and Marianne Heron’s best selling Hidden Gardens of Ireland is a classic favourite.

• Designed to cater for both the home and overseas market, the guide will be both an ideal gift and a long lived and useful substitute for the plethora of cross references in books, maps and brochures needed for the intrepid garden visitor.

• For the more casual garden lover, it will provide the perfect reference for planning holidays and short breaks in the most delightful surroundings.

• High quality production.

• Good value.

• Great gift.


A 264 page full colour independently assessed guide to Ireland's most beautiful gardens with the very best places to stay and dine while visiting them.


All Georgina Campbell Guides follow a strict policy - establishments are selected through merit alone, they are judged through unbiased assessment made by anonymous inspections - all are included in the guides for free. [Originally published in 2006 and still a useful reference.]