This beautiful range of cards is taken from the paintings of Sr. Karol O'Connell OSB, printed in Ireland, and depicts the beautiful flowers grown in the Victorian Walled Gardens here at Kylemore Abbey.
Sr. Karol who is renowned nationally as a music and piano teacher and is one of the longest-serving Sisters in the Benedictine Community at Kylemore Abbey.
Art, being among her many talents, Sr. Karol turned her hand to illustrating the beautiful Victorian flowers and these cards are the result.
Botanical Name: Fuchsia Magellanica
Common Name: Hardy Fuchsia
Flowering shrub growing as hedge in the
Victorian walled garden and in the woodland.