Frogswell
The Garden
The land consists of almost
two acres of garden and field, mostly to the front of the house, extending down
to our boundary at the bottom of the field where there is about 120 ft of road
frontage. The large garden slopes gently to the south-east, while the sheltered
courtyard on the south side of the house measures 36ft by15ft and includes a covered
seating area where guests can relax with a drink or even have a meal.
From the house, turn left and sit in the scented garden or wander past the Paulonia, a tree with huge leaves that always impresses visitors, down through the second level with its silver birches and hellebores, through the ferny dell to the little orchard area with apple and plum trees, medlar and quince, red currants and gooseberries. Leave the limestone area behind and find yourself in an area of black peaty soil, where planting has recently begun on a bog garden. To the right is an area of willow and bramble, a perfect wildlife corridor giving small creatures safe passage to the large pond where we once saw a kingfisher and where this year we can sit and listen to the corncrake in the next field. Beyond the pond is a clump of birch surrounded by bog myrtle where you are likely to find a snipe or two then over a ditch and back into limestone where a meadow leads you down to the road.
Turn left on the road and travel for a mile down into hundreds of acres of wild bogland, where you will find the patch of bog that goes with the house. We haven't cut turf here for a few years but there is no reason why you can't, if you are feeling energetic!
The existing small nursery, opening at weekends in the summer when the garden is open for charity as part of the West of Ireland Garden Trail, could be expanded and possibly operated from the meadow by the road. Frogswell has become a well-known garden with many people returning to visit it in this, the third year of its opening.It offers great potential to build on this enthusiastic customer base.
For photos
of the garden visit http://www.photobox.ie/album/1406747
Frogswell with its garden full of rare and unusual plants, many grown
from seed received from friends around the world, is on the market at
£170,000 sterling
