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Cork Garden Trail |
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Featured Hotel:
Gresham Metropole Hotel
Situated in the heart of Cork City Centre, the Gresham Metropole Hotel is a short stroll from the many excellent shops, boutiques, theatres, galleries making it the ideal location for
Cork City visitors. (visit the hotel website).
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Check in Gresham Metropole Hotel Cork |
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Dinner and overnight |
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| DAY TWO: |
Full Irish or continental breakfast at the Hotel |
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Coosheen Gardens
Situated on the estuary of Cork harbour, houses a unique collection of plants, which provide interest and colour from spring to late autumn. Of this remarkable plant collection, snowdrops, hellebores, dactylorhizas, agapanthus, and glorious late-season grasses, hedychiums and salvias are a speciality.......garden details |
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Ballymaloe Cookery School Gardens, East Cork
The gardens date back to the 19th century. This outstanding herb and vegetable garden is one of the largest in Ireland...........garden details |
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Lunch |
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Lakemount garden, Glanmire
Owners Brian and Rose Cross will guide us through their garden in the hills high above Cork City. Called a flagship garden by the Royal Horticultural Society, its plantings were carefully selected to provide year-round enjoyment. Enjoy a tea or coffee. ......garden details |
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Dinner at the hotel and overnight |
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Full Irish or continental breakfast at the Hotel |
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Ceder Lodge, Midleton
An award-winning garden of two acres, specialising in rare and unusual plants in mixed borders of shrubs and herbaceous perennials. Special features include a large bed of exotic grasses, a 100ft pergola draped with climbers, patio and gravel areas, and a 'figure of eight' pond with rockery and bog garden. A large collection of hellebores scattered around the garden ensures that interest begins in early spring, followed by a profusion of colourful shrubs and herbaceous, keeping the garden interesting right through to November.......garden details |
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Lunch |
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Fota Arboretum and Gardens
Located in the sheltered harbour of Cork, Fota Gardens are of international importance, containing one of the finest collections of rare and tender trees and shrubs grown outdoors in Ireland and Britain. The soil here is warm and it is this very quality which enables the cultivation of tender and exotic plants which might not otherwise be grown in this country.......garden details |
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Dinner at the hotel and overnight |
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Full Irish or continental breakfast at the Hotel |
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Check out |
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| Cost euro: |
410.00 per person sharing |
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115.00 single supplement |
| Cost sterling: |
330.00 per person sharing |
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105.00 single supplement |
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sterling prices subject to currency fluctuation |
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Price Includes
- 3 nights accommodation on a Dinner, Bed & Breakfast Basis
- Luxury Coach transportation throughout
- Garden Tours and entrance fees
- Tour Guide and services of Essence of Ireland Representative
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| For bookings or enquiries please call us on 00353 23 8863400 or email us at res@essenceofireland.ie |
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