Adare Manor

O’Brien Landscaping delivered all soft landscape elements within the world renowned, Adare Manor Estate and Golf Course. This included the extensive in-house redesign and implementation of the Clubhouse landscape and surrounds. The landscape installation included the following key areas: Formal Garden (Parterre), ballroom roof, spa roof, arrivals area, ballroom arrivals, cloister garden, riverside, smoking area (Ballroom), north car park, beechwood car park, main entrance, parkland landscaping, facilities, western access, golf course, tree planting. Redesign and build areas include the Clubhouse courtyard and course facing landscape, Lavender and Rose cottages and the Clubhouse carpark.

The O’Brien’s site team numbered between 50-80 during construction and used two 13-ton excavators, two 20-ton excavators, a rubber duck excavator, an 8-ton excavator, a 300-ton crane, three 3-ton excavators, a tipper truck, two 9-ton dumpers, a 6-ton dumper, two 3-ton dumpers, three 100 HP tractors and a compact tractor. The team planted 300 50-120 trees, 30,000 transplants, 1700 hedging plants, 10,000 clipped Taxus, 225 topiary plants, over 5,000 herbaceous species, and 500,000m2 of cultivating and seeding.  The project has been the recipient of numerous awards including the prestigious Bog Trophy for landscape excellence.