Mount Usher Gardens (
Irish: Gairdíní Mount Usher)[1] located at
Ashford, County Wicklow, Ireland, was laid out in 1868.[2] It is spread on twenty acres of land along
River Vartry, having more than 5000 plant species.[2]
History
The land now part of the garden was anciently part of a lake.[3]
A new house was built on the site in 1927-28 for E.H. Walpole.[4]