In Ireland with Libet.

wow what an amazing place, lovely to see you both! looks like you had a great time

Wow fabulous gardens rose, really enjoyed my look round :-)
Could your mystery pink plant be Salvia involucrata bethellii ?

What a beautiful place to visit and your photos really do it justice. I love the one of the two of you both looking so happy in such lovely surroundings. I really like the lilies and white gladioli. It must have been so relaxing there.

Lovely tour - thank you for sharing.

Rose that was a real treat and I enjoyed every bit, your photo`s are lovely, thankyou for sharing your visit with us....

What a great blog. I love the yew pillars in the Spanish garden. I think your white flowers in pic 7 are Galtonia common name summer hyacinth.

Right, I've just enjoyed that tour immensely, having been to get my cuppa first, as instructed. Thank you for sharing it, Rose. What an amazing place, and so green and beautiful, and still so many flowers, too. You girls are looking good, too! It's gone straight into my faves, sunshine and all.

Oh that garden is something really special, loved the tour, thank you Rose - it has some amazing features, so glad you enjoyed your visit. I love the 'viaduct' feature near the end with the shrubs all joined in to appear as one it must take days and days to keep that trimmed to look as spectacular as this. Thank you. :O)

Lovely blog Rose. Funnily enough, it looks just like my back garden - I wish!!!! lol

WHAT A FANTASTIC BLOG:-)))))))))))

Have to admit lovely blog and brill photos, pleased you had a lovely time.

Wonderful Topiary. Thank you for sharing your visit with us all.

Thoroughly enjoyed that Rose!
Just logged on for a wee while after dinner - that certainly walked off all those calories..lol!
Plently to see - those white Gladioli are gorgeous aren't they. So many different styles - not sure if I have could pick a favourite and that little statue of Mairi, Mairi is beautiful!
Always fascinated me the statues some of these stately houses have. One of our local estate houses has Wart Hogs - to signify the family name of Maitland Hog.
thank you for showing us around :)

Great blog n pics, thanks for sharing, really good to see Goyers getting together and having a good time : )

Thanks Stickie, it is an amazing place as is this area of N. Ireland as well. Very green, but thats down to all the rain they get. We were so lucky to get sunny days. We didn't want to come home. I just wish we lived nearer to each other.
Thanks Simbad. I will be looking this one up, just haven't had the time yet.
All sunny days Chris and considering the awful weather they've had we must be "the righteous ones!" Lol.
Thanks Stereagram, Junna , Clarice and Diane Bully for your lovely comments.
I'm glad you enjoyed it Lincslass. Thankyou.
Thankyou Scotsgran for telling me the name of this plant. I will let Libby know. I loved the pillars as well. It was difficult to find one specific area as it was all wonderful.
Thankyou very much Gattina and I hope you enjoyed your cuppa. I'm glad you enjoyed it and I enjoyed being called a "girl!"Thanks also for putting this in your faves. Hopefully this week , there will be more to come. Watch this space!
Thanks Barbara, it went all too quickly. Can't wait for next time! We loved all of what we saw and wish we'd been able to see more. My hubby did well walking as far as he did .
You really wouldn't want THAT big a garden , would you Sheilar! Of course I could always come and help you! lol. Thanks for your comments.
I'm pleased you enjoyed your very long walk Scottish! lol. They had lots more statues as well and all have a story behind them. Its hard to imagine that it was actually someones garden. They obviously had plenty of help. I would be in my element working there.
Thanks Stevie and hallo. We had such fun , but wish we lived much closer to each other.

So glad your having a great time Rose.
Beautiful garden, love that long pergola :-)

That was a lovely blog, Rose - thank you!

so glad you had such a lovely time rose,

Very nice blog Rose. I love interesting places like that. Nice to see you and Libet together in the photo :o)

very nice scenery Rose, and excellent plants. thankyou

A most interesting blog with lovely photos, have never visited Ireland, but all the gardens look amazing.

That was amazing Willinillie . I love pergolas and this was one of the longest I have ever seen. Thanks.
Thanks Mel, more to come, its just finding the time. I usually wait for wet days , but as we are having an Indian summer at the moment, I am outside!
Thanks again Stickie. I didn't want to come home!Perhaps we should move to Ireland! Lol.
Thankyou Hywel . Yes it was nice to be together. You will enjoy the next blog I do. Its totally opposite to this one as its more to do with nature and woodland.
Wow Tony, I am so honoured! Thankyou.
Thanks Dottydaisy for your comments.

Wonderful ... and hi to Libet :o)))

Thanks Terra and I'll pass your message on.

A stunning blog with fantastic photos. I almost felt that I was walking around with you Rose..\0/x

Thanks Flori, it was a holiday that I'll always remember.

\0/x

I went for my first trip to Ireland last weekend for my brothers wedding, what a beautiful place, my brother moved there a couple of years ago, wish I'd had longer to look round, no excuse now though we've already got an invite to go and stay next year :-)

I agree Simbad, we didn't want to leave! we were so lucky with the weather though, we might have felt different if it had been raining all the time! The people are so lovely there as well.