Ashbourne – Country House Garden

Location

ASHBOURNE, CO. MEATH

Status

COMPLETED

Project Type

COUNTRY HOUSE GARDEN

Features:

New Driveway consisting of alternating granite cobble fans and nida-gravel stabaliser surface. New Entrance planting beds were created with a new raised granite cobble edge. New bespoke entrance step with lighting to front door. Extensive semi-Mature tree & hedge planting across the garden. New mixed planting beds around the house. This is phase 1&2 of the garden completed in 2016. Phase 3 commences in Autumn 2017 with the installation of a an orchard with approximately 80 trees and a wildflower meadow.

Planting:

Tree Species: Acer cappadocicum ‘aureum’ (Golden Cappadocian Maple), Acer platanoides ‘Cleveland’ (Cleveland Norway Maple), Acer saccharinum (Silver Maple), Betula utilis jacqemontii multistem (Himalayan Birch), Carpinus betulus ‘Fastigiata’ (Hornbeam), Castanea sativa (Spanish Chestnut), Fagus sylvatica ‘Atropurpurea’ (Copper Beech), Quercus palustris (Pin Oak) & Sorbus aucuparia (Mountain Ash).