Mount Stewart Gardens

Trevor and Neville visited one of Ireland?s premier gardens, rightly renowned throughout the world for its remarkable plant collections and unique design.

• Planted in the 1920s by Edith, Lady Londonderry the Mount Stewart Gardens are of international importance.
• A fascinating history can be discovered at the house which is home to world famous paintings and stories about political and society figures.
• The garden?s landscaping is impressive with manicured formal terraces, a lake and rare plants. Every corner of the garden is a new surprise. The garden also boasts magnificent views across Strangford Lough.
• The plants thrive with the mild climate of the Ards Penninsula so the garden is full of colour and diversity.
• The Mount Stewart Gardens has been nominated as a World Heritage site and won the European Garden Inspiration 2003 award.

Formal Gardens

• Sunk garden designed by Gertrude Jekyll
• Italian garden-with summer colours ranging from ruby reds, pink and mauves to yellows, oranges and blues
• The formal Spanish garden is designed around a pond
• Peace garden- which features a rare New Zealand tree - Phyllocladus glaucus, that has confounded experts by thriving in Northern Ireland's cold weather.
• Next to the garden is the Dodo Terrace which has four large statues of the extinct birds on pillars and a huge eucalyptus tree. The Dodos symbolise the distinguished political figures that belonged to Lady Londonderry's Ark Club during World War I.
• After wandering the gardens, the Bay Restaurant offers a nice place to relax and grab a bite.

Mount Stewart House and Gardens
Add: Mountstewart, Portaferry Rd, Newtownards, BT22 2AD, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 28 4278 8387
Fax: +44 28 4278 8569
Email: mountstewart@nationaltrust.org.uk
Website: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-mountstewart

Northern Ireland Tourism Board
Website: http://www.discovernorthernireland.com/Mount-Stewart-House-and-Gardens-Newtownards-P2873