Kilkenny author and gardener to launch new book, ‘The Open Gardens of Ireland’

Following 18 months on the road, Shirley Lanigan’s painstakingly researched homage to gardeners, which took her from the top of North Antrim to the tip of West Cork, has been published. 

The Open Gardens of Ireland is a spellbinding journey through 400 divine and diverse gardens on the island of Ireland.

It will be launched in Kilkenny on Tuesday, June 18 at 6pm in Rothe House, Parliament Street, Kilkenny by author, brodcaster and tv chef, Edward Hayden.

From petite and formal to huge, plant-populous jungles; from wild and natural to ordered and intricate; through hidden sanctuaries and into the iconic, treasured public gardens and parks, The Open Gardens of Ireland leads you on a grand tour.

Gardeners have so much to share with us and we can learn from them by visiting and studying their creations. 

Gardeners have long been standing up for and working quietly and diligently on sustainability; preserving wildlife and biodiversity.

Shirley has expertly exposed the lengths to which they have gone to enrich our planet.

It is available now at all good bookstores and many garden centres.