Reflection Time

by Rob Hemphill

Title

Reflection Time

Artist

Rob Hemphill

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Photograph - Photography

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The serenity of the Birr Castle grounds can be seen in this image where a foot bridge crosses over a small river covered in lily pads. The peace and quiet enabled me to hear many wonderful natural sounds, including the crashing down of a mature tree just 30 metres from where I was!

Birr Castle Demesne is one Europe’s great gardens. Many rare species from all over the world will grow here in Ireland and experts are amazed and surprised at the great geographical range of trees that can be grown.

Three generations of Earls of Rosse have been interested in trees, although some of the great oaks in the park go back hundreds of years earlier. The Carroll oak was certainly planted before the Parsons family came here in 1620.

The present Earl, Brendan Parsons, 7th Earl of Rosse, has been involved in plant hunting himself and collecting for the past 30 years. His father before him, the 6th Earl was also a great planter and collector, and many of the rarest trees such as the rare Carrearea date back to his plantings in the 1920s. Among many older plantings, he also started the collection of beautiful birches and of the many nothofagus, or Southern hemisphere beech.

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February 15th, 2024

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