Bloom 2008 - Pour L’amour de Jeux
Mar 11th, 2008 by Peter Donegan MI Hort
Without a main sponsor….. Peter Donegan’s design, titled ‘Pour L’amour de Jeux’ is a garden whose title and theme was chosen on the basis of a Designers desire to build and design ‘dream’ gardens because of a love of the game. With modern pressures and taken for granted hectic lifestyles this garden is a micro-haven paradise designed and built with pure passion to show that dreamers do exist and that those dreams however illogic can become reality. If life is what you enjoy, then this garden is what you will love, our entry for Bloom 2008
When asked so many times throughout Bloom 2007, why one would design a show garden as was ‘No Rubber – Soul’; it seemed incomprehensible to some, yet to others put simply it was for ‘a love of the game’ the only reason why Peter Donegan and his team built such a garden. It seemed therefore quite an appropriate name for this garden.
A garden that is fully recycled or recyclable the main feature… comprises a 33ft 1957, pink, three story pleasure cruise boat named ‘Mo Chailín Cáitlín’. The garden is surrounded by water, a slightly raised recycled timber and lawn combined marina, and natures finest planting. The finshing touch is a hand sculpted piece by Patrick Campbell.
And so the question still remains… would you sponsor a show garden?
With Special Thanks to:
- Tully Nurseries Ltd master plant growers
- B.D.F Commercials Ltd transportation specialists and boat suppliers
- Atfar Construction Ltd civil Engineers and fine builders
- Fingal Farm Home & Garden virtuoso timber craftsmen
- Patrick Campbell & Gormleys Fine Art sculptor of genius
- rockworld water features of genius
- enrich compost and mulch specialists
- summerhill lawns lawn and grass specialists
I’d love to sponsor a garden but I’m not sure I have any spare cash. LOL.
I do love this garden of yours though. It’s nice to see it from a different angle. I’m curious about what the red shrubs are to the immediate left of the car? I love the colours.
Slan go foil (have I spelt that right?!?!)
Nerys
A Chara Nezza,
this is really only an illustration/ artists impression of so the ‘red bits’ may not be that. Unfortunately, possibly, the actual intricate detailing of the garden will probably remain somewhat behind closed doors until then, so as the garden may stay as a surprise until then.
However as the garden build progresses and as people come aboard the garden team - I’ll be keeping everyone posted through the weblog.
If it is anything like last years garden [no rubber soul - alias the car garden] we should be superb.
Watch this space!
slán go foill [!!]
peter
Hi Peter
Would there be any thing in our cat. maybe suitable for your garden?
Denise
0044 7702 046372
A Chara Denise,
amazing and brilliant. Thank you [and green tech] so much for such a generous and very kind offer.
For those of you who dont know Green Tech operate a agrochemcal/ horticultural/ gardeners/ botanists supplies business and hold a really good range of products too.
Denise - you may wish to clarify that a little bit better and also if it is just for the wholesale or domestic market etc..
Super and genius
slán, beannacht agus go raibh míle maith agat
peter
ps. 10/ 20k [...and a bit] would be really appreciated too?!!! eh… please enclose with brochure!
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