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Templepatrick is a village in the Six Mile Water valley between Ballyclare and Antrim, notable for Castle Upton — the estate and mausoleum designed by Robert Adam in the 1780s — and for its position on the southern approach to Lough Neagh. The village takes its name from a church traditionally associated with St Patrick, and its historic church, the Adam mausoleum and the parkland of the Upton estate give the immediate surroundings a settled, well-treed character that contrasts with the more open drumlin farmland around it. The Six Mile Water river corridor passes close to the village, providing bankside whitethorn, elder and alder forage; the Upton estate parkland carries mature lime, sycamore and oak planting that provides a strong June flow in good years. Sycamore on the village lane trees and estate boundary provides the May flow; the lime avenue of the Upton estate gives a dense June supplement. Hawthorn and whitethorn on the drumlin field boundaries are dense; whin on the drier ridges adds spring colour and pollen. White clover on the improved Six Mile Water valley floor pastures is the main June and July source; ivy on the estate walls and older stone properties closes the year.

Blackthorn and whitethorn on deep field hedges open the year. Sycamore is the backbone of May; hawthorn follows hard. Lime lines Belfast and Ballymena streets. The Glens of Antrim contribute bell and ling heather on the high moors between Cushendall and Glenariff, a late summer crop still commercially worked. Bilberry in basalt scree hills, bramble in every sheltered townland, and a long ivy flow on white-rendered cottage walls close the year.