Club Outing – Japanese Gardens

No club registration is required for this outing. Members intending to go should book individually on the venue website https://irishnationalstud.ie/.

The Irish National Stud’s Japanese Gardens, renowned worldwide and the finest of their kind in Europe, are far more than simply a treat for the eye. They also provide comfort to the soul, achieving exactly the objective set out when the gardens were created between 1906 and 1910. Devised by Colonel William Hall Walker, a wealthy Scotsman from a famous brewing family, the gardens were laid out by Japanese master horticulturist Tassa Eida and his son Minoru. Their aim was, through trees, plants, flowers, lawns, rocks and water, to symbolise the ‘Life of Man’. That plan was executed to perfection and Eida’s legacy is now admired by the 120,000 visitors who soak up the peace of the gardens every year.

We will meet inside the Entrance to the Japanese Gardens (https://goo.gl/maps/3cLcVpjtC44sAG6Y9) at 10.30. Contact otherwise via the Outings WhatsApp.

For more details contact outings@offshoot.ie.

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