***************************************************************** * Gardens-Guide.com * 250,000 UNIQUE VISITORS in 2011 * 2,000 garden pages viewed per day from March to September 2011 * * 1,000+ Page Views! - One-Quarter of all gardens listed on Gardens-Guide.com * were EACH viewed more than 1,000 times in 2011. * * 500+ Page Views! - HALF of all gardens listed on Gardens-Guide.com were * EACH viewed more than 500 times in 2011. * ***************************************************************** *** UPDATE FORM *** Primrose Hill 1) Please COPY the entire FORM BELOW 2) Make any changes in BRIGHT RED -OR- mark changed Section Headers with: *** 3) email the ENTIRE FORM UPDATED backto us: wd (at) armchair-travel (dot) com **************************************************************** **************************************************************** **************************************************************** *** also - SEARCH ENGINE BOOSTING for both YOU and Gardens-Guide.com *** If your webmaster could place a link from your own website directly to your page on Gardens-Guide.com, this will improve it's rankings in Google and other search engines. Please use the following format and info on your own site to link to your page in Gardens-Guide.com: at Gardens-Guide.com http://www.gardens-guide.com The premiere directory of open gardens in the UK and Ireland today Ask your friends and suppliers as well to link to your page in Gardens-Guide as well. Every link we get into your page helps rankings for both of us in search engines. **************************************************************** **************************************************************** **************************************************************** Garden Name: Primrose Hill Last Modified: 27-01-2011 Garden ID: 0175 pic: 0175x_primrose.jpg NOTE: If this says "missing", then please send us a picture for your page which is at least 1000 x 1000 pixels in size. Thanks! Owner: Mrs Cicely & Mr Robin Hall Address: Lucan Co Dublin Postcode: County: Republic of Ireland tel: 00353 (1) 628 0373 fax: website: www.dublingardens.com/primrose_hill.html email: dgg //at// oceanfree.net English Heritage Grade: Opening Times: NOTE for 2012: Please check with garden owners or their website to confirm current dates open http://www.dublingardens.com/primrose_hill.html 1st Feb - 1st Mar; daily; 2pm - 5pm and 1st June - 31st July; Daily; 2pm - 6pm Best Times of Year to Visit: Feb 1st June - 31st July To see: snowdrops shrubs and herbaceous borders National Collection: National Garden Scheme days: No Comments: Parties / Coaches: No Comments: Viewing by Appointment: Yes Comments: Groups by appointment, casual visitors outside normal opening dates/times, please telephone beforehand. House Open for Viewing: No Comments: Admission Prices: Adult €6; Child €2.50; Groups €4 per person Parking: Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: No Shop: No Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: No Teas: No Refreshments: No Picnics: Yes Dogs allowed: No Only on Lead: No Events: No Other Facilities: Guided tours available. Features: One of the largest plantsman's gardens in Ireland. It has been built up over the last 40 years and surrounds a period house. Designer: The Halls Description of Garden: A true plantsman's garden of about 5ha nurtured since 1950 by the owners, Cicely and Robin Hall, this garden has a reputation for being one of the finest of its type with one of its best collections of plants In Ireland, excluding trees and shrubs. It is reached through a beech avenue with a small but growing arboretum on one side and has an excellent collection of snowdrops, including its own variety, so consequently is best visited in February. In mid-summer, the visitor is rewarded again with luxuriant herbaceous borders. Irises, lilies and lobelias feature strongly. History: Primrose Hill house is a regency villa attributed to the architect, James Gandon. Eamon de Valera and his political constitution adviser, Dr. Irwin were frequent visitors to the house in the 1920s and 1930s. The house and grounds were part of the Lucan House Demesne. Four generations of gardeners in the same family have tended and developed the garden at Primrose Hill with some plants there being in the family for over 100 years. Local Inns: O'Neills, Courtney, and others at Lucan Accomodation: Finnstown Spa, and others at Lucan Restaurants: Village/Town/Sightseeing: Within walking distance of Village