The park has many mature trees and shrubs, as well as herbaceous borders and naturalised bulb borders ( including daffodils, wood anemones and crocuses ).
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It is made up of extensive rock and heather gardens, alpine houses, and a walled garden which is of particular interest for its herbaceous borders.
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In fact, Platt was looking hard to find someone who had the skills to do the powerful herbaceous borders which were the heart of his garden design.
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Notable features include the second-widest street in Ireland and the Strokestown Park House, an 18th-century mansion with the longest herbaceous border in Ireland.
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The resulting woodland garden was viewed via a series of long woodland walks . and the main herbaceous border, long, which flowered from July until October.
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The gardens, which have extensive herbaceous borders and woodland walks, were developed in their present form by Major Edward Compton, who took over Newby in 1921.
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Summer colour is provided by the spectacularly vigorous species in the long herbaceous border Thalictrum, Filipendula, Eupatorium, Helenium, Phlox and Sidalcea dominate the display.
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The lower garden formed a sunken tennis lawn with a herbaceous border; more recently, a lily-pond has been sited in the centre of the lawn.
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There are articles about dogs and horses; about the latest antiques sales and what other gardeners are planting in their herbaceous borders; about shooting, hunting and fishing.
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The gardens, which were laid out by Lucy Boston, are surrounded by a moat and have topiary, old roses, award-winning irises and herbaceous borders.
