Arboretum Inspirational Gardens

The Arboretum Home and Garden Heaven in Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, has the added attraction of the Arboretum Inspirational Gardens, designed to inspire visitors with planting schemes and garden ideas that can be recreated at home. The idea behind the Inspirational Gardens, which were the brain-child of Rachel Doyle, founder of Arboretum, was to create garden designs that are easy to care for, demand low maintenance and yet deliver endless enjoyment. Rachel, the owner, feels that sometimes when people see plants and features in garden centres, it is hard for them to visualise how they might look in their own gardens, and over a number of years’ time. That’s where the idea to create the Inspirational Gardens came from, to show how plants might look at maturity within garden designs that have a wow factor, but which are still achievable at home, and that gardening is not just for people with lots of time on their hands, it can be a part of any busy life. One of the great joys of gardens is colour and these gardens were designed to make the most of the positive effects of colour on our wellbeing – red for vitality, yellow for contentment, purple for knowledge, and so on. Families will enjoy exploring the African mud hut and spotting the koi who live in the Arboretum pond. Group tours of the Arboretum Inspirational Gardens may be booked with advance contact. There is a children’s playground and a maze adjacent to the Inspirational Gardens. Rachel’s Garden Café has a terrace area located beside the playground so that while the children play, their parents can enjoy delicious home-cooked food.

Carlow