Mount Congreve Gardens has picked up another accolade. following a win at the Irish Building and Design Awards (IBDA) - which celebrates the best of Irish building and design around the world.
Mount Congreve Gardens picked up the top award in the Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure Project of the year category.
This award is the latest in a long line of accolades, including clinching the top title in the Supporting Tourism category at the Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government awards.
The prestigious international travel publication Condé Nast Traveller made specific reference to Mount Congreve Gardens in their ‘Best Place To Go in the UK & Ireland’ 2024 listing, while the New York Times, when including Waterford as the only Irish destination in its ‘52 Places to go in 2024’ list said: “Top off your Greenway adventure with afternoon tea amid one of Ireland’s largest collections of plants at Mount Congreve Gardens, which reopened in 2023 after a multimillion-dollar refurbishment.”
Mount Congreve Gardens was officially opened to the public for the first time by Minister Heather Humphreys and Minister Catherine Martin in March 2023, following a €7.2 million capital investment from the Rural Regeneration Development Fund (RRDF), Waterford City and County Council and Fáilte Ireland.
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