Blessington Street Basin (Dublin's Secret Garden)
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Blessington Street,Dublin 7
Located at the end of Blessington Street, a 10 minute walk from O'Connell Street, this former city reservoir is now a quiet haven for both visitors and local wildlife.
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Rathfarnham
Dublin 14
Although situated mainly in Terenure, it stretches into Rathfarnham (which and Templeogue. It has football fields, a skateboarding area and a tennis court. There is a children's playground, a woodland walk through a large wood into Rathfarnham, a duck pond, and a recently reopened kiosk. In front of the pond is a high hill, and behind the pond is a starting point for the woodland walk, which ...
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21 Library Road, ShankillCounty Dublin
 Carmel Duignan, a gardening writer and former television producer, has created a beautiful garden in the mild, maritime climate of south-east County Dublin.
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49 Carysfort Avenue, BlackrockCounty Dublin
 Carysfort Lodge, home of Siobhan and David Dillon is an old-fashioned Regency house in a terrace close to the centre of Blackrock - a bustling suburb of Dublin. The garden has been created over the past thirty-five years and is now, thanks to good structure and some beautiful trees, an oasis of peace and beauty in a busy urban setting - a veritable rus in urbe! Among the many features of this ...
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RathfarnhamDublin 14
 Located on the N81 at Firhouse. Shaped by the Dodder River, this wonderful linear park runs from the Dublin mountains through South Dublin. Historically, the Dodder and its tributaries have provided an essential source of water to the citizens of Dublin. The Poddle River was adequate for this supply until the 13th century when the weir at Firhouse was repaired and improved in order to take ...
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Dublin Castle Grounds
Dame StreetDublin 2
 Designed in the style of ancient Celtic jewellery this large grass area lies on the site of the Black Pool or in Irish, Dubh Linn. In Celtic and Viking times the River Poddle, which supplied fresh drinking water and filled the moat of Dublin Castle, also formed a pool at this spot. The Vikings used this pool as a sheltered harbour for their ships. It is from the Dubh Linn pool that Dublin gets ...
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Knockcree,
Glenamuck Road,
Carrickmines
Dublin 18
 Ireland is blessed with a mild and temperate climate, making it a plantsman's joy and allowing gardeners to grow a wide variety of plants and shrubs from all over the world, to exist side by side. It is the envy of their colleagues from many countries. The Dublin Garden Group (DGG) consists of Ireland's most distinguished private gardens in the greater Dublin area - some of them world famous and ...
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Phoenix ParkDublin 8
 No trip to Dublin would be complete without a visit to its historic and beautiful Zoo. Close to the City in the vast Phoenix Park, a wander around the 60 acres will take you on a voyage from the fringes of the Artic, to the Plains of Africa, via the Indian Rainforest. Today, Dublin Zoo is recognised as one of the most modern zoos in Europe, playing an important part in European Zoo breeding ...
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Fernhill,
Sandyford,County Dublin
Fernhill Gardens are 40 acres of parkland, woodland, rockery and watergarden privately owned and maintained .
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Clongriffin,
Dublin 13Dublin 12
 Father Collins Park, Dublin’s newest park, is a 52 acre contemporary park at the centre of a newly developing urban quarter called Dublin’s North Fringe. Father Collins Park uses the principle of sustainability in its design & features. The power requirements for public lighting and water features are partially generated on site by 5 wind-turbines. The park takes a lead in Ireland for ...
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