Benvarden Garden & Grounds
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Overview
The Benvarden Estate is the ancestral home of the Montgomery family. Most of the mature tree landscaping took place in the early 1800s. The two-acre Walled Garden, dating from 1780, has a 10ft high curved red-brick wall with espalier-trained apple and pear trees. There are also herbaceous borders, a rose garden, a box parterre, a kitchen garden and woodland walks around the lake with magnolias, azaleas and rhododendrons. The extensive grounds stretch down to the River Bush which is spanned by a 90ft iron bridge. Also worthy of note are the snowdrops, daffodils, bluebells, camellias, fruit trees and hostas.
Features
- Opening Times
- Opening Times: Open Jun-30 Aug, Tue-Sun and BHs 12-5
- Facilities
- Parking onsite
- Parking nearby
About the area
At its closest point, County Antrim is only 12 miles from the Mull of Kintyre, and its coastline is both beautiful and geologically diverse. Alternating sandy bays, rocky shores, high cliffs and forbidding headlands produce a dramatic scenery.
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