Showing posts with label Fota Gardens and Arboretum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fota Gardens and Arboretum. Show all posts

Friday, March 4, 2022

Fota Arboretum. A Colourful Walk Even Early In The Year

Fota Arboretum 

(Visited 26.02.2022. Parts, including walled gardens, not open. Check here before you go.)

Magnolia



Magnolia, with bee



Magnolia Campbellii 

Magnolia Campbellii 

Magnolia Campbellii 


Magnolia


Lichen rocks ferns




Green headed Mallard duck


Waterhen



Oleria Ororata NZ





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Sorbus megalocarpa



Wagtail






Monday, July 26, 2021

Fota House, Gardens and Arboretum. Photos Friday 23rd July 2021

Fota House, Gardens and Arboretum

Photos Friday 23rd July 2021

Dahlia

 
The East Wing! Fota House




Ye Olde Pump





Lily pond, lots of this green sludge too




Figs


East Wing

Bakestone serving in the shade at front of house

Sunday, April 4, 2021

Springtime at Fota Gardens and Arboretum

 Springtime at Fota Gardens and Arboretum

Photos 3rd April 2021







An 1984 Cork Oak tree (close-up of cork bark below)













Friday, March 5, 2021

Fota Gardens and Arboretum

 Fota Gardens and Arboretum

(Feb 2021)

 Ilex x beanii (holly)

Arboretum

Fern Tree







Monterey Cypress c. 1847


Lying water, after rains

Fern trees, and below




House and gardens


Bakestone (also above) is back for the season

attached to side wall of main house (to the right in pic below)


View from the gardens at the rear

Italian Garden


Black & White Fota





Regeneration Cycle by Liam O'Neill