Commemorate St. Patrick's Day

Irish Garden Landscapes and Landscape Plants

Mar 1, 2007 Georgene A. Bramlage

A compilation of Landscaping@ Suite101.com articles about Irish Garden Landscapes and Landscape Plants - a heritage that reaches into antiquity.

March is St. Patrick's month, with his Feast Day on March 17. Details of the life of this humble and courageous man are uncertain, but they reach back into antiquity, the times of druids and saints. March is also the time in the U.S. to celebrate all things Irish - folklore, history and traditions.

Here is a compilation of Landscaping@Suite101.com articles about Irish landscapes, gardens and plants. These articles reach into antiquity for Patrick's shamrock amid the saints and druids, and into the near-present for gracious manor homes and splendid, grandiose built landscapes.

• Shamrocks for the Home Landscape: You probably need look no further than your lawn or nearest pasture. Shamrock: Botany and History of an Irish Myth, by E. Charles Nelson, explains why.

• Druids, Saints and Trees: Niall Mac Coitir assembles folklore of native Irish trees in his book Irish Trees: Myths, Legends & Folklore. Trees of druids, saints and common folk await our discovery.

• Ireland's Oldest Garden: Ireland's Killruddery House and Gardens (Bray, County Wicklow) is as if you opened a garden history book to pages devoted to the 17th through early 19th centuries.

• Ireland's Oldest Garden – Part II: This is a virtual exploration of some existing 17th and 18th century landscape features existing at Killruddery. Twin canals and a turfed amphitheater are the most distinctive design constructions.

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