Cabbages

and Lupins and Irises in the lovely walled gardens of Festina Lente (a riding school and horticultural centre to facilitate young people with emotional and physical disabilities). The atmosphere is friendly and upbeat and it has an interesting history

https://festinalente.ie/walled-gardens/


Festina Lente means ‘to hasten slowly’ and I guess it signifies moving forward with caution and simplicity. I would highly recommend a visit

My colleague and I had a prawn sandwich and fizzy orange for our lunch in the walled garden. There was a yoga class outdoors and some ladies painting standing at their easels with the backdrop of a climbing rose against a red brick wall. You could say it was a heavenly lunch hour. We plan to take a half day soon and spend an afternoon there as one hour is not enough

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