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June Blake's Garden, Blessington, Co Wicklow

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June Blake.
Sculpture by Michael Calnan on the edge of the garden, with donkeys in a sunny field beyond.
Wheelbarrow on the gravel path between raised beds with sculptural larch tree beyond.
Planting including grass Oryzopsis miliacea, Geranium Rozanne, achillea, Lythrum salicaria, Agastache 'Blackadder' and Teucri...
Planting including grass Oryzopsis miliacea, Geranium Rozanne, achillea, lysimachia, Agastache 'Blackadder' and Teucrium hirc...
Gravel paths run between the stone edged beds past a clump of golden stemmed bamboo, Phyllostachys aureosulcata f. aureocaulis.
Reflecting pool edged with rusted steel and inset pebbles contains an image of one of the many Aralia echinocaulis in the gar...
The golden awns of Stipa gigantea catch the early morning sun as they lean over the reflecting pool, with hot border beyond p...
A grassy walk surrounds the densely planted, ornamental centre of the garden, giving fine views along the hot border back tow...
A grassy walk surrounds the densely planted, ornamental centre of the garden, giving fine views along the hot border back tow...
A grassy walk surrounds the densely planted, ornamental centre of the garden, giving fine views along the hot and prairie bor...
A path through the woodland garden winds past primulas, hellebores, ferns, pines and acers, with the steward's house beyond.
A path of cobbles and stone edged with epidmedium leads through the woodland garden planted with hellebores, ferns, Solomon's...
View from the highest part of the garden with Wicklow mountains beyond.
Reflecting pool edged with rusted steel and inset pebbles beside hot beds full of vivid red, orange and yellow herbaceous per...
A stone edged path leads towards the mist shrouded field below the garden past planting including fuchsias, Crocosmia 'Lucif...
Golden awns of Stipa gigantea catch the early morning sunlight amongst planting including persicarias, Allium sphaerocephalo...
A stone edged path leads towards the mist shrouded field below the garden past planting including Eupatorium cannabinum, fuc...
A mix of Stipa gigantea, Helictotrichon sempervirens, persicaria, Allium sphaerocephalon and Verbena bonariensis with former ...
View down onto multicoloured herbaceous planting including Eupatorium cannabinum, persicaria, heleniums and crocosmias set am...
Reclaimed lengths of wood mark a curving path that leads up the slope away from the main garden giving views back down toward...
Misty late summer morning at June Blake's garden, viewed from the hillside above colourful beds full
Verbena hastata 'Rosea' amongst Stipa gigantea, Verbena bonariensis, angelica and agastache.
Reflecting pool with hot beds to the right full of vivid red, orange and yellow herbaceous perennials and shrubs including sc...
View down onto multicoloured herbaceous planting including Eupatorium cannabinum, persicaria, heleniums and crocosmias set am...
A path leads between tall Aralia echinocaulis surrounded by a mass of colourful herbaceous perennials including Eupatorium ca...
Multicololured planting of phlox, linaria, lupin, Verbena bonariensis and persicaria with graceful Aralia echinocaulis behind.
Helictotrichon sempervirens and Allium sphaerocephalon amongst Verbena bonariensis, grasses and lupins.
Allium sphaerocephalon and angelica in a meadow style planting with barn and block of pink rosebay willow herb on the slope b...
Allium sphaerocephalon, lysimachia and alstroemeria mingle below Aralia echinocaulis.
Helenium 'Moerheim Beauty'.