{"id":4037,"date":"2012-03-05T17:34:55","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T16:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=4037"},"modified":"2012-03-05T17:35:09","modified_gmt":"2012-03-05T16:35:09","slug":"plot-your-way-around-the-gardens-of-antrim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2012\/03\/plot-your-way-around-the-gardens-of-antrim\/","title":{"rendered":"PLOT YOUR WAY AROUND THE GARDENS OF ANTRIM"},"content":{"rendered":"

GARDEN lovers are in for a treat this Spring as the gardens of County Antrim have teamed up to launch Northern Ireland\u2019s first ever self-guided garden trail.<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
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... Paul (left) and Maurice Parkinson from Ballyrobert Cottage Garden in Ballyclare join Elaine Groves from the Northern Ireland Tourist Board (NITB) at the launch of Northern Ireland\u2019s first ever self-guided garden trail. The Antrim Garden Trail includes ten of the most distinguished public and private open gardens across the county and green-fingered folk are being encouraged to explore and enjoy the trail this Spring and Summer. For further information about the Antrim Garden trail go to www.antrimgardens.com. To learn more about Northern Ireland\u2019s gardens, unmissable events, seasonal highlights and plan a glorious garden day out, check out the NITB website on www.discovernorthernireland.com\/gardens. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Antrim Garden Trail includes ten of the most distinguished public and private open gardens, unlocking access to magical green spaces and tranquil surroundings and the Northern Ireland Tourist Board (NITB) is encouraging green-fingered folk to discover and enjoy the gardens of Antrim this Spring and Summer.<\/p>\n

Elaine Groves, NITB\u2019s Culture and Heritage Officer said, \u201cFor anyone who isn\u2019t already familiar with Northern Ireland\u2019s wonderful gardens, there really is a whole new world just waiting to be discovered, full of unique and interesting stories and historical facts.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCounty Antrim presents a strong cluster of gardens open to visitors, both publicly owned gardens such as the newly restored Antrim Castle Gardens, and the smaller, lesser known private gardens such as the gorgeous Ballyrobert Cottage Garden and Brocklamont House Garden in Ballymena,\u201d Elaine continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cNITB are delighted to support this proactive cluster of garden owners and the new Antrim Garden Trail will provide even more reasons to visit County Antrim, particularly in 2012, when so much is happening with the opening of the world\u2019s largest Titanic visitor experience, Titanic Belfast, the Irish Open and the new Giant\u2019s Causeway Visitor Centre,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Ballyrobert Cottage Garden, Ballyclare has spearheaded the development of this new trail, securing the participation of other gardens in County Antrim, as Maurice Parkinson from Ballyrobert Cottage Garden explains.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not all rugged coastal beauty, myths of giants, glens and golf in Antrim \u2013 this part of Northern Ireland is bursting with horticultural and historical interest,\u201d said Maurice.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe terraces of the first ornamental garden in Ireland are still visible at Dunluce Castle.\u00a0 Other early gardens include Lisburn Castle Gardens, Glenarm Castle Walled Garden and Benvarden Garden.\u00a0 We had a vision of creating a garden trail to connect the gardens in the county, giving visitors the opportunity to tailor a garden themed day out,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew working in partnership would help small businesses make the most of the local tourism opportunity.\u00a0 We are delighted to see this vision come to fruition and want to encourage all of Northern Ireland\u2019s garden lovers to think of County Antrim when they are planning their next day out or group visit,\u201d\u00a0Maurice added.<\/p>\n

For further information about the Antrim Garden trail, go to www.antrimgardens.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To learn more about Northern Ireland\u2019s gardens, unmissable events, seasonal highlights and plan a glorious garden day out, check out the NITB website on www.discovernorthernireland.com\/gardens<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GARDEN lovers are in for a treat this Spring as the gardens of County Antrim have teamed up to launch Northern Ireland\u2019s first ever self-guided garden trail. The Antrim Garden Trail includes ten of the most distinguished public and private open gardens, unlocking access to magical green spaces and tranquil surroundings and the Northern Ireland … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4037"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4037"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4040,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4037\/revisions\/4040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}