Bloom 2010 – reviewed
If you did read my post on Thursday, you would have got my recommendations for Bloom In The Park 2010. And so I went along again on Sunday and Monday. The weather was cracking for most of Bloom, but the last two days meant the umbrella’s had to come out. But then, this is Ireland… [...]
{ all posts, courses/ gigs/ events } { 3 comments }Bloom 2010
As always you can rss the podcasts via iTunes or direct via audioboo To all things Bloom, once again, I quote myself from last year: To only mention the gardens is, maybe, what I should be doing…. but, as a garden builder and designer at Bloom – they are all [seriously] amazing and I simply [...]
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{ all posts, garden group } { 38 comments }outdoor events and greeny gigs
Thanks to my good friend Joerg for some of these…. I’ve got a long list of free events all outdoors and green related that are on over the next coming days….. so go on get outside and enjoy yourselves first up… The Ballymun farmers market takes place on the first thursday of every month. I’ve [...]
{ all posts, courses/ gigs/ events } { 0 comments }irish basketmakers association
Basket making on a landscaping weblog…? You better believe it! It is an amazing craft and brilliant to watch…really it is. But more I like the fact that ‘most work with natural materials such as willow, rush, straw and hedgerow materials’ – says the leaflet that IBA secretary Kathleen Mc Cormick gave to me. I [...]
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The sun is splitting the skies, the Phoenix Park looks spectacluar…. you simply can’t imagine what a show Bloom in the Park has turned out to be. To only mention the gardens is, maybe, what I should be doing…. but, as a garden builder and designer at Bloom – they are all [seriously] amazing and [...]
{ all posts, courses/ gigs/ events } { 6 comments }how to bloom in the park 2009
**bloom in the park 2009 – to read my review – click here Show times and dates: thursday 28th May 11am – 6pm friday 29th May 10am – 6pm saturday 30th May 10am – 6pm sunday 31st May 10am – 6pm monday 1st June 10am – 6pm Recommended to do and see: 27 show gardens [...]
{ all posts, courses/ gigs/ events } { 2 comments }behind the scenes of a bloom show garden
related posts: my bloom in the park ’09 reviewed how to bloom in the park show gardening – behind the scenes looking back on bloom 2008 looking back on bloom 2007 The slogan that runs under the bloom logo is ‘celebrate garden life’. This year more than ever I hope we as a nation do [...]
{ all posts, courses/ gigs/ events } { One comment }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 }win 2 tickets to bloom 2009
related posts: my bloom in the park ‘09 reviewed how to bloom in the park show gardening – behind the scenes looking back on bloom 2008 looking back on bloom 2007 ****************To see the winner announced – click here*********** This is now 4 tickets…… btw. It’s next weekend. It’s the entire weekend. It’s in the [...]
{ all posts, courses/ gigs/ events } { 14 comments }[show] garden s.o.s.
This is Rebecca Thorne. She is building a garden in Bloom in the Phoenix Park this June Bank Holiday weekend. Rebecca emailed me some weeks ago. Words of wisdom [hmmm?] were requested. A pot of tea, some apple tart and a drive to Ballyboughal later… Today I went to The war Memorial Gardens in Islandbridge. [...]
{ all posts, courses/ gigs/ events } { One comment }Bloom in US eh?
I received this email on Wednesday. What do you Think…? To: info [at] doneganlandscaping [dot] com Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 10:03 AM Subject: High Quality Pictures of Bloom Show Gardens and Other Images of Irish Garden Design Dear Designers, Gary Graham will be making a number of presentations on Bloom at the Philadelphia Flower [...]
{ all posts, courses/ gigs/ events } { 0 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 }savour the culture
I’m looking forward to this. I like Farmleigh House and if you do nothing else on this day the tour of the house is so worth while. Straight from the promo page [pretty much] here’s what one can expect at this free for all – unless you decide to buy something – event. On Saturday [...]
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