Mount Congreve – The Temple from the exhibition by Tony Gunning at Greyfriars Municipal Art Gallery in Waterford. (Click on image to enlarge).
An exhibition celebrating the gardens at Mount Congreve in Co. Waterford runs at Greyfriars Municipal art gallery in Waterford until March 2. The artist Tony Gunning was inspired by mass plantings of rhododendrons, camellias, magnolias and azaleas to create large blocks of colour. The gardens creator Ambrose Congreve died when Mr. Gunning was just three months into the project but bequeathed the gardens to the State. Negotiations for the transfer are continuing between the Mount Congreve Trust and the Office of Public Works.
Mount Congreve was the location for Ireland’s house sale of decade by Mealy’s and Christie’s in 2012.