Mount Usher Gardens

Mount Usher Gardens (Irish: Gairdíní Mount Usher)[1] located at Ashford, County Wicklow, Ireland, was laid out in 1868.[2] It is spread on twenty acres of land along River Vartry, having more than 5000 plant species.[2]

History

The land now part of the garden was anciently part of a lake.[3]

References

  1. "Gairdíní Mount Usher/Mount Usher Gardens". Logainm.ie. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  2. Fodor's Ireland 2003. Fodor's. 3 December 2002. p. 138. ISBN 978-1400010721.
  3. Christi Daugherty; Jack Jewers (27 December 2011). Frommer's Ireland. John Wiley & Sons. p. 206. ISBN 978-1118027653. Retrieved 24 July 2013.

53.008°N 6.105°W / 53.008; -6.105

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