Parks & Gardens in Donegal

Salthill is well illustrated in “The Irish Garden” (2015) by Jane Powers with photographs by Jonathon Hession. She aptly describes the space “The 0.5 hectare enclosure has that delightful feeling of privacy and mystery that is particular to old walled gardens”. So, come and witness the “great gatherings of herbaceous plants amid mature shrubs and noteworthy trees”. Admission: €5 Adults, €2 …

OURganic Gardens is an outdoor educational garden focused on Food, Wellbeing, Biodiversity , Holistic Connections and Community . Workshops and Events on website. Growing organic plants and vegetable starter packs for sale. We are based in North West Donegal. Ireland. Open by appointment only email ourganicgardensdonegal@gmail.com Consultations and Talks also offered - Group tours w…

The Celtic Prayer Garden is Ireland’s only such garden and is set in six acres of natural bog land, approximately 10 minutes out of the city centre of Derry. Here we invite you to step back in time to an Ireland of saints and scholars, a people who had a very strong sense of creation, a robust attitude to religious practice and who believed in a close relationship with nature. Walk back in t…

Swan Park is a unique and invaluable amenity. Personified by its mature tree population, the Park itself is a narrow linear park extending east-west along the Crana River (An Chrannach) flowing into Lough Swilly through Castle Bridge at the river mouth, hence the towns name Bun Crannchcha, meaning ‘foot of the river Cranca’. Donegal County Councils’s Swan Park Regeneration Project has seen an e…

On the slopes of Bloody Foreland, on the northwest Donegal Wild Atlantic Way, Anamcara Healing Herbs Garden is the creation of medical herbalist Columbia Hillen. Visiting this garden is like uncovering secret treasures hidden in plain sight - wild herbs growing naturally in the area along with others Columbia has planted, which have been used for centuries for medicine. Come and learn about their …