Peter Dowdall welcomes us to Ireland's garden of tomorrow

Begun in 1865 by Edward Walpole, Mount Usher is an excellent example of a Robinsonian garden. But just why is it so special? 

The weirs, designed and constructed by Thomas, son of the garden founder, Edward Walpole are still doing their job today and are a beautiful feature of the garden in Mount Usher.

It was Audrey Hepburn who said that “to plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow”. Well, the creators of the garden in Mount Usher not only believed in tomorrow but also the day after and the day after that for this garden was 115 years in its creation.

Begun in 1865 by Edward Walpole, the garden spans a massive 22 acres and it remained in the Walpole family until 1980.