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A Seaside Garden

A Seaside Garden
Address: Bob and Mary Walsh
Cois Cuain
Kilcrohane
Bantry
Co.Cork.
Telephone: 027-67070
Website: Please Click Here
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Welcome to Cois Cuain (pronounced coush cuann), a garden as close to the sea as it is possible to get without becoming a boat.

We are the WALSHS.  Mary is the gardener and Bob is the hole digger and rock mover

With tremendous help from Mother Nature, we have created a garden which, we think, is a little bit different.

Firstly, let me tell you where we are ---we are at Kilcrohane ,on the coast of West Cork, which as you know, is quite simply the most beautiful part of Ireland.  The garden is situated on the northern shore of Dunmanus Bay.  By sea, we are about eight miles from the Mizen head, which is the most Southerly point in Ireland.

If you are coming by road (Which is most likely for most), we are just ten miles from the village of Durrus and fifteen miles from the town of Bantry.

If you are coming from Cork City, or beyond, make it a day out.  There are other fabulous gardens in the area which you will thoroughly enjoy and which we recommend. 

There are plenty of places to eat and drink too.  We will give you our recommendation without fee or fear.

Between the Angel's fishing rods and the Echium is Bob's boat.   (For the benefit of those not totally into gardens.)

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As you can see from this picture, the garden is very close to the water, in fact the entire garden is within thirty metres of the Atlantic Ocean. We are lucky in that, the part of the Atlantic that touches us has, as it's main feature, the Gulf Stream. This keeps the climate temperate, so that many plants which would not normally grow in this latitude, do very well here. The main problem for the plants is salt-laden spray. During Winter gales the spray is blown over the garden leaving many plants in a fairly sorry state. Most of them recover from this attempt at horticultural homicide. In any case,  we do not get too many severe gales.

If you decide to come and visit Cois Cuain Garden, it might be a good idea to send us an email or make a phone call  ..... just to make sure we are not out fishing.

Bobs Links:

 
Links to sites, which can be recommended, because they are good and relate to gardening,  or are good and don't relate to gardening, or simply because I owe them a favour.( This does not mean they aren't good!!!) There is room for more, just ask, or suggest.

 

http://www.esatclear.ie/~emal A prize-winning and great Irish garden site. 

www.essenceofireland.ie   This is "A focused, passionate company that provides speciality holidays for individuals and groups that are guaranteed to relax, uplift and inspire you against the backdrop of the mountains and seascapes of West Cork and South Kerry"

http://www.curratech.com/links  A comprehensive site, as good as a search engine

http://www.kilcrohane.net All about our area, the Sheeps Head Peninsula, West Cork, and if you are thinking of coming to live or holiday here, try http://www.kilcrohane.com or http://www.peninsula.ie 

http://www.cork-guide.ie Moving around Cork? Try this one.


http://www.debbysgardenlinks.co.uk Links to everything gardening.

http://www.browseireland.com More about Ireland.

http://www.marysgarden.co.uk Excellent garden site from across the Irish sea.

http://www.kilravockgardens.com Our (Almost) next door neighbour's garden.

http://www.premroses.com/links/gardens/shtm Huge source of gardening information.

http://www.finditireland.com Great site for Irish info.

http://www.irishsearch.net The name tells it all.

http://www.garden-open.com Based in Germany but contains gardens from all over the world, including this one.

http://homepage.eircom.net/~terranovaplants. This is a fabulous nursery/garden centre in Limerick. Take a look.

http://www.thepottingshed.ie A few miles from here is this garden centre. It is run by two very knowledgeable ladies and is highly recommended.  Another advantage is that it is next door to a pub !!!.   2006: The bad news is this centre is now closed. The good news is that the pub is still open

http://www.watergardenshq.com    Amazing water features in this site. Everything you ever wanted to know about putting  water features in your garden.
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