Old Pleasure Garden
The Old Pleasure Gardens. Walk through the old beech hedges from the Herb Garden You will find a complete change of mood here as you wander through specimen trees and shrubs including Crinodendron, Cornus kousa, Hoheria sexstylosa, Acer grisum and several varieties of mature cherries. In winter and early spring the garden is ablaze with winter snowflakes and old varieties of daffodil planted by the Strangmans around the turn of the century.
At the end of the path is a grove of young beech trees planted by Wilson Strangman shortly after his sister Lydia's death in 1952 now called Wilson's wood. Wilson Strangman who died in 1966, was the last surviving member of the Strangman family. He dearly loved Kinoith. In later years, regularly walked to the seat at the end of the path in the evening to listen to the bird song. The trees are now under planted with bluebells, primroses and wild garlic. Walking along the path you will pass a miscellany of shrubs and trees. At the end of the garden by Wilson's wood there is a large circular pond, usually with a family of Muscovy ducks in residence and reflected in it is a temple Darina's classic folly created by re-erecting the portico from a now demolished house in Hackestown Co Carlow.
Opening Times
Gardens and Farm shop are open 7 days from 11am to 5.30pm.
Admission is €6 Adult, €3 child. Family Ticket available at €15.
Garden Membership is available for 2 Adults and 3 Children for €55 a year.
