Several weeks ago, I realized I had never been to the rose garden in St. Anne’s Park before, so I put it in my calendar to remind me to go before the roses had all gone by. But with last minute work on Delightful Dublin taking up every spare minute, it took me until today to make it over there.
I waited until the sun was just starting to set before I threw my camera in a backpack and cycled over, winding my way through the park to the rose garden. I parked my bike and wandered around the rose garden, and managed to take 100 photos of roses in rapid succession.
And then I promptly came home and asked Michael why the heck haven’t we gone there before?! The roses were just about finished blooming for the season, but I’ve already put another reminder in my calendar for next year. I can’t even imagine what the rose garden would be like in full bloom. The smell of roses today was amazing, with only one out of ten beds still in bloom.
Isn’t that tower covered in red ivy amazing? Just the beginning of fall here in Dublin.
Those yellow roses were like butter in the center. I may have taken just one home with me, tucked into the rack on my bicycle. I’m already planning for next year – can you imagine a picnic in the rose garden? Michael won’t even know what hit him! 😉
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Beautiful photos, Emily. I can’t bear to think that we are seeing the “last rose of summer.”
Beautiful! I trained for a marathon with a friend who lived in Raheny, and most of our long runs went through that garden; such a special place. And belated congrats on Delightful Dublin 🙂
Even here at the end of the season, you make it look and sound so inviting! Defo worth putting on to do list.