June Blake’s Garden
Superb rodgersias fill a large bed at the entrance to the garden
June Blake’s garden is one of the most widely lauded in Ireland and its fame is well deserved. Visiting on a July day and being shown around by June herself I could not fail to be impressed by the diversity of the garden and the wonderful array of plants, carefully combined to suit their needs and aesthetic concerns.
It is a garden of many styles, from the natural to the minimal; here a path lined with bamboo, grasses framed with rusting iron, a sloping meadow sliced through with hefty wood and there delicate alpines dripping over stone and tender exotics nudging against hardy shrubs.
It perfectly combines art and plantsmanship so will satisfy the garden designer and the plantaholic. Even better there are plants for sale too.
Trollius yunnanensis
June’s garden is just north of Blessington, Co Wicklow on the N81
In 2013 the garden was open Wed-Sunday April to September – check for times in 2014
Mathiasella bupleuroides, an exciting, recently introduced umbellifer from Mexico
While in the area, if you want a great, robust (huge), tasty sandwich, visit Kenny’s bakery next to Supervalu at the north end of Blessington
The Biking Gardener 
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