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 }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 }bloom 2008 – the pr & media list…
Bloom 2008 – ‘Pour L’amour de Jeux’ The entire pink boat story can be read here. My reason for publishing this… I/ we need a sponsor! If you think you can help or know anyone who can – please do not hesitate to contact me. Many Thanks peter for bloom 2007 pr/ media list click [...]
{ all posts, media } { 0 comments }bloom 2007 – the pr & media list…
Bloom 2007 – ‘No Rubber Soul’ The Morris Minor Car-den story can be read here. My reason for publishing this… I/ we need a sponsor! If you think you can help or know anyone who can – please do not hesitate to contact me. Click here for Bloom 2008 information. Many Thanks peter Coverage Television: [...]
{ all posts, media } { 0 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 }an oldie but a goldie…
this was around the time of bloom ’07 [click here] and was a feature done for Capital D featured on rte. This was so much fun…. [I think it was my first time on the tiny screen]
{ all posts, media } { 4 comments }pink! giving berth at bloom 2008 [7]
Award winning landscape architect, Peter Donegan, is at it again. This year his show garden ‘Pour L‘amour de Jeux’ (For a love of the game) in Bloom 2008 will feature a 1957, 11 metre, pink, three storey pleasure cruise boat! Building on the success of ‘No Rubber Soul’ his award winning large show garden in [...]
{ all posts, my show garden[s] } { One comment }taxing issues in the garden…
This picture [above] was taken at last years bloom in the park and emailed to me by a colleague after the June Bank Holiday weekend - That same colleague emailed me again today with the same title wishing me luck in this years Bloom 2008 with this photograph of myself and our new Taoiseach Brian Cowan….
{ all posts, ireland } { 0 comments }bloom 2008 [2] – the boat
yesterday was not the most usual of days in my horticultural career! This 1957, 33 foot, 7 tonne boat is the model Royal Cruiser IV that will be used in Bloom 2008, the garden show extravaganza in the Phoenix Park this June Bank Holiday weekend. It took 7 men, a 30 tonne specialist marine transporter [...]
{ all posts, my show garden[s] } { 9 comments }the media frenzy…
After receiving our second & third awards both as designer and contractor this year, RTE’s Capital d did a show including the much celebrated and historical Brackenstown House Gardens. It’s our second time on the show this year and I know I was asked to put this up some time ago. You can watch it [...]
{ all posts, media } { One comment }provisional license holders – save the planet?!!
This week – the irish government copped on with regard to provisional liscense holders in banning almost 450,000 from our roads – good thing – drastic – but good – then sort of changed their mind – until June 2008?!! Typically irish, but we elected and pay them. This indymedia article probably explains the muppets [...]
{ all posts, ireland } { 0 comments }holidays for a garden designer
‘Tranquil settings, the finest of surrounds within the peaceful and serene grounds complete with parklands and golf course.’ This all sounds absolutely superb but what the small print on the booklet didn’t tell me was that this would be, for me, a true bus-mans holiday. It was a few weeks ago when invited away for [...]
{ all posts, office } { 0 comments }head and shoulders above…
after my last post and my previous attempt at humour. This may make amends for it… just or make things worse? Titled head and shoulders above… this postcard was sent to clients to say thank you for working with us. Although all were grateful of the sentiment, most were not so in awe of my [...]
{ all posts, office } { 3 comments }no rubber – soul [m'anam gan rubar]
Peter Donegans garden design ‘No Rubber- Soul’ won silver in the large garden category in the inaugural year of Bloom in the Phoenix Park Friday 1st June 2007. During the 20 day deadline over 1,500 plants; 50 square metres of rolled lawn; 4 tonne of recycled compost; 5 tonnes of recycled bark chippings; 6 tonnes [...]
{ all posts, my show garden[s] } { 2 comments }Donegan Landscaping Ltd joins Barr 50
At The Four Seasons Hotel on June 1st 2007, in conjunction with Price Waterhouse Cooper and Forais na Gaeilge Peter Donegan MI Hort and Peter Donegan Landscaping Ltd joined Barr 50, the top 50 companies to operate through the Irish language. The awards recognize those who have made efforts in their industry to use the [...]
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