The Dunmore Country School is home to a garden that is both beautiful and practical. Located just outside Durrow, County Laois, the garden produces herbs and vegetables and also includes flowers as part of its rotation system.
Dunmore Country School is located just outside Durrow, County Laois and aims to help people grow tasty vegetables in a sustainable, intensive and cost effective way. The school offers quality gardening courses that are practical, easy to follow and enjoyable. Dunmore has a kitchen garden with a polytunnel. The garden is based on the traditional French "potager", or kitchen garden.
The school produces almost all of the vegetables and herbs needed for the year and uses flowers as part of its rotation system, which is both beautiful and practical.
Tips from locals
Try the Wild Irish Honey produced here. It’s said to have similar beneficial properties to Manuka Honey.
