Glengarriff

Sheena Wood & Kurt Lyndorff
Kenmare Road

Glengarriff, West Cork, Ireland

The Ewe is a unique combination of nature and art, an artist's open home and Ireland's only sculpture garden. It is an interactive garden, where the whole family can enjoy challenging games and the creative areas to give you an experience like no other. The garden is set by a beautiful waterfall, in a lush forest. Turning off the N71 tourist route you enter a different world. The sound of the flowing river accompanies you, as you walk across the first bridge into the garden. A waterfall cascades down beside Falling Water Lodge, a timber clad house, designed and built by the artist. Large, humorous sculptures lurk amongst grasses and bamboo. A board walk and second bridge takes you right across the waterfall to a shady forest area, The Timeless Garden, with more sculpture surprises. Higher up, 2008 saw the opening of a new Environmental Garden provides yet another garden, where all the sculptures are made of recycled materials. Information on plants, animals and consumerism give food for thought about our treatment of the planet. The indoor and outdoor art works are by Sheena Wood, a prolific artist and environmental designer with an impressive range of work from paintings to textiles, mixed media, mosaics, ceramics and sculpture. Widely featured on TV and in the national & international media.

CHARITY DAY
Saturday 20th June
in aid of Bantry Hospice

OPEN: Open every day 10-6p.m. during Summer or by appointment. Please call if travelling far. No dogs.
ADMISSION: Adults €5, Children €3, Family €14
'Edible Art' ice creams and drinks for sale. Picnic tables by the river
LOCATION: From Glengarriff 3 miles up the Kenmare road - well sign posted. Look out for giant gremlins
Tel/Fax: (027) 63840

Ewe Gallery & Sculpture Gardens & web site

Ilnacullen
Garnish Island, Glengarriff, County Cork Ireland

Perhaps the most magical setting a garden could have is to be on an island bathed in the warm waters of the Gulf Stream. This small island of 15 hectares is known to horticulturists all over the world as an island garden of rare beauty. Its centrepiece is an outstanding Italian-style garden designed by Harold Peto, linked by other formal features such as a double sided herbaceous border and surrounded by a wild garden blending into the wider setting of the exceptional sea and mountain scenery around Glengarriff.

OPEN: Daily from 1st March - 31st October
ADMISSION: Adults €3.70. Family (2 adults & 2 children) €8.70. Child/Student €1.30. Groups (20+)/Sen. Cit. €2.60.
LOCATION: 1 mile by boat from Glengarriff.
Tel: (027) 63040, Fax: (027) 63149
Illnacullen web page on Heritage Ireland web site