The thoughts and ramblings of a landscape gardener…
Posted in every post to date, the pink boat story - bloom 2008 on Aug 26th, 2008
[yeah - i moved it...] Electric Picnic is nearing - click here
Adrian proposed it.Maryrose is bringing two. Marie Boran thought it would be great. David said he’d join in. Frankiep & Ciara are aboard now. I know Rick [on hols at the mo'] will be there. And of course i’ll be there…
You don’t ‘have to’ [...]
Posted in every post to date, my ireland on Aug 25th, 2008
I was down in Longford some time ago for a meeting. I’d been there before - It’s where I found the type of pink I wanted for the boat.
For ages everyone was saying ‘nobody uses that shocking pink!
…and there it was the whole time right beside the waterways filled with boats moored up beside [...]
Posted in every post to date, the pink boat story - bloom 2008 on Apr 29th, 2008
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 Bloom [...]
Posted in every post to date, the pink boat story - bloom 2008 on Apr 8th, 2008
Friday 4th April saw a host of garden designers meet at the site where the bloom show gardens will be built. If you are near the visitor centre in the peoples park, the garden will be sited just in front of the playground and next to the walled garden of last years Bloom.
So how is [...]
