Through the Looking Gate
First we visited the President's House - Mougal Gardens. These flower gardens are only open once a year for one or two months in late February and March, so I wanted to make sure to see them before I left! All types of herb patches sprouted from the lawns in precise, well-coiffed, completely impractical arrangements. There's a lovely little rose garden here with all kinds of named roses including the Queen Elizabeth, the Pasadena and the Okla Homa. You can see a Cork tree, a Fig tree, and even a Euphoria plant. The garden also featured some more of those Double Dahlias on tall stalks with blooms the size of a child's head.
The gardens are all on the other side of this estate, but there are no cameras, cell phones, water bottles, etc. allowed in the garden. I suppose this is for security purposes given the two body searches we had to go through to get in!