The Iveagh Gardens, designed by Ninian Niven in 1865 but with a history spanning over three centuries, are located near St Stephen’s Green Park in Dublin city centre.
The gardens grew from humble beginnings as an earl’s lawn to house the splendour of the Dublin Exhibition Palace in 1865. Since 1995, many of the original landscape features have been restored and conserved, or are still in place. The yew maze, rosarium, and fountains are among them. In the summer, the cascade, in particular, is a breathtaking sight. Iveagh Gardens is often regarded as Dublin’s “Secret Garden.”
