Ireland: Dublin Community Garden Ranked Among World’s Top 10
Santry Demesne Community Garden has been voted one of the world’s top ten Green Flag sites
By Padraig Conlon
Dublin People
17 Feb 2022
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Located on the site of what was once a palatial old house and gardens built in 1703, Santry Demesne was officially taken over by Fingal County Council in June 2003.
The Santry Community Garden is a 4 ½ acre Victorian Walled Garden situated in the grounds of the Santry Demesne public park and is run by volunteers.
“Santry Community Garden is now well established, having been in operation for over 10 years.
“It serves many people within the local community who live within apartment complex developments surrounding the wider park.
“It is partly for this reason that it has attracted so many votes … because it is such an important amenity for these residents.
“Also of significance is the fact that the 2021 season is now the fourth year in a row for which Ireland has seen one of its parks and gardens voted to be among the best in the World, as part of this public vote.”
Mayor of Fingal, Cllr Seána Ó Rodaigh, was also full of praise for the all the hard work from the volunteers.
The top voted-for parks from ten countries are:
Santry Demesne Community Garden, Fingal County Council, Ireland
Yildiz Grove, ?stanbul Büyük?ehir Belediyesi, Turkey
Provinciaal Groendomein Rivierenhof, Provincie Antwerpen, Belgium
Jardim do Monte Latito, Câmara Municipal de Guimarães, Portugal
Campus de la Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, Spain
Máximapark, Gemeente Utrecht als partner in de Parkorganisatie Máximapark, Netherlands
TECT All Terrain Park, Western Bay of Plenty District Council/Tauranga City Council, New Zealand
Roma Street Parklands, Brisbane City Parklands, Australia
The Presidio of San Francisco, The Presidio Trust, USA
Katariinan Meripuisto, City of Kotka, Finland
