building repak recycle week 09
Its a little of a crazy one when given a one day build time for any garden… everything must go perfectly according to plan… Unknows to most preparation for this garden started about 7 weeks ago. ‘The greenhouse effect’ was intended to be a full and proper garden but as things do change… the ‘fail to prepare’ cliché definitely lent [...]
{ all posts, my show garden[s] } { 0 comments }repak recycle week 2009….
I disappeared for the last couple of days…. the main reason was that I was creating a garden [of sorts ] for Repak Recycle Week. The official launch is tomorrow [wednesday 7th October '09] at 9.30am. That said there’s also an evening session kicking off between 6 & 7 pm in The Library Bar [in the Central Hotel] [opposite dunnes stores] [...]
{ all posts, my show garden[s] } { 0 comments }donegan, electric picnic & a pink boat
I went down to electric picnic ’09 on the Sunday, late in the aftrenoon. Just for the one night/ day. My good friends Michael & Nicola were getting married on the Saturday and I couldn’t miss that Thanks so much to Sian Maloney, Anthony Sarah, Amy & sis Blaithín Ben and all the really nice [...]
{ all posts, my show garden[s] } { 2 comments }a recycled show garden…
Remember this post about the smithfield festival….? Here’s what they said: In association with the [myplant.ie] rediscovery centre ballymun and waste management, dublin city council, award winning landscape designer peter donegan returns to smithfield aiming to create a small urban garden of sorts filled with nothing but what could have been thrown out and free [...]
{ all posts, my show garden[s] } { 7 comments }creating a garden at the smithfield festival ’09
Do you remember Urban Garden Smithfield that took place last year…? There are a lot of elements involved in it. But from my point of view…. it’s obviously got to to be about gardens. This year it going to be a little different. This year I’m building a garden. Of sorts. I can’t really tell [...]
{ all posts, my show garden[s] } { 4 comments }what should I do with this….?
NOTE: this offer closes tonight Wednesday 17th February 2010 remember this… see here for more images and information on no rubber soul – I was talking with John last week – that would be John Friel, the brains behind turning some of my ‘other’ idea[s] into reality – this one he was most famed for. [...]
{ all posts, my show garden[s] } { 6 comments }they think it’s all over…. bloom ’08
remember the pink boat travelling across the M50 [click here] the video that was made by genius Colin from Irish Video’s….. You would have thought that was the end of of it… yesterday evening I arrive home and check the emailage…. this video was in there… Have a look and let me know what you [...]
{ all posts, my show garden[s] } { 9 comments }looking back… bloom 2008
this week is bloom in the park week. This being my ‘year off’…. [?] this week, I’m gonna take a look back and a little look forward…. yesterday was of course my entry for bloom 2007 Pour L’amour de Jeux. my Garden for Bloom 2008. Once again… I had no sponsor and I was advised [...]
{ all posts, my show garden[s] } { 2 comments }looking back…. bloom 2007
this week is bloom in the park week. This being my ‘year off’…. [?] this week, I’m gonna take a look back and a little look forward…. No Rubber Soul. My Garden for Bloom 2007. I love this garden. I really do. I had no sponsor. I was advised not to do it. Nobody knew [...]
{ all posts, my show garden[s] } { 4 comments }to bloom or not to…
bloom …that is was the question. The search had been put out for my intended prop for Bloom 2009 but show gardens require a lot more than that. I have learnt that one the hard way. It does require [a lot of] months preparation and hard work. It is not for the faint hearted. It [...]
{ all posts, my show garden[s] } { 8 comments }the day I met President Mary…
It took a while for me to get this and if you want to know the full story of how and why – you’ll have to read about why Peter Donegan was a bit shy here… If you would like to get involved with Peter Donegan and Bloom 2009 via sponsorship or any other proposal [...]
{ all posts, my show garden[s] } { 5 comments }reeling in the years…
I was searching through some old emails and stumbled across this…. With special thanks to Paddy for what was one day to get this done… at the time [and still] it was so much appreciated. A great song and tells the No rubber Soul story story so well. Read the full story here.
{ all posts, my show garden[s] } { 0 comments }thanks trevor, that was nice of you!
I got this in the post yesterday from Green Party Mininster of State Trevor Sargent. It was a little bit of a surprise to be very honest, but a most appreciated and very welcome one. After Bloom I sent out a postcard to [the so very many who deserved a massive] say thank you. Trevor [...]
{ all posts, my show garden[s] } { 0 comments }i need an aeroplane…
yes, you read it right! I did the car [click here] and the boat [click here]. And you guessed I want to do a plane. It completes the trilogy of land, sea and air. The question is can you help? Not too big! Not a jumbo! Just one like this or close enough. I don’t [...]
{ all posts, my show garden[s] } { 6 comments }electric week-ends with friends
it had been organised to tweet meet-up at the pink boat at the stradbally festival. And it happened. Myself, Maryrose, David, Frankiep, Ciara, Debbie and some extra added friends joined to kick off the celebrations. The boat joining the picnic really started online via Rick and it was very appropriate that its new berth was [...]
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