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  • Opening times: By prior appointment.
  • Prices: £3 per person.
  • Mobile narrative: Large variety of plants and shrubs with colour provided by rhododendrons, azaleas etc. and an ...
  • Directions from Town: 122 Comber/Downpatrick Road. Situated on Comber side of Balloo Crossroads, Killinchy.

Rockdene Garden

Add to My Ireland Newtownards Down - Northern Ireland

Large variety of plants and shrubs with colour provided by rhododendrons, azaleas etc. and an excellent example of a monkey puzzle tree. Rockery extends along one side of the house and there are vegetable and fruit areas. As you enter the garden there are several large beds with paths leading through them. In the centre of the lawn is a round bed with a large Korean Fir as the main feature. On either side of this bed is a half moon shaped bed planted with heathers.

Partial disabled access. Coffee and tea available if required. Limited car parking available. Suitable for wedding photography.

This garden has limited opening as part of the National Trust Ulster Gardens Scheme, please phone for an appointment before visiting. You can view details of the Ulster Garden Scheme at www.ulstergardensscheme.org.uk.

Spring highlights: Camelias, Azalead, Rhododendrons, Rockery Plants

Summer highlights: Shrubs, bedding plants, Himalayan poppies

Autumn highlights: fuchsias, heathers, geraniums

Winter highlights: viburnam, shrubs, winter jasmmin.

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Telephone+44 (0)28 9754 1273
Email: joanwarrington@hotmail.co.uk
Address: 48 Comber Road Killinchy, Newtownards, Co Down, BT23 6PB


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