IRISH GARDENER:
Mrs. O'Reilly loves showing off her garden. This grass between us and the water is known as the croquet lawn. The O'Reillys entertain here and have their tea. As you can imagine, they play croquet, and they play a silly ruckus called tennis on the grass, too. I'm always digging their little balls out of the flower bed.
HOUSE BOY: Continue along the path to the right.
IRISH GARDENER: Next to the house, we have many varieties of flowers planted.
Just before these stairs, that's a "Gloire de Dijon" tea rose. And in the centre of the bed is "La France" one of the first hybrid tea roses, that was developed in 1853. Lately, Miss Kathleen O'Reilly has taken a keen interest in the garden, planting roses, jasmine, and some wall flowers and lavender too. She says one day, she'll have eighty varieties of roses on the grounds.
The O'Reillys keep methodical track of everything. I even have to save all the old seed packets and garden catalogues for future reference. Look at how many plants of interest there are in the garden.
HOUSE BOY: Mrs. O'Reilly plans it so there's always something new to see, through as much of the year as possible.
IRISH GARDENER: Ha - that's as true as rain in April.
HOUSE BOY: Stop in front of the bay window.
Inside is the drawing room. But here in front is a white jasmine, and a honey suckle.
Continue along and stop up ahead at the woods, where the path forks to the left and right.
To Fork