The thoughts and ramblings of a landscape gardener…
Posted in every post to date, the pink boat - bloom 2008 on Jun 3rd, 2008
that is the simple question… I have two options.
One it goes to a good home for restoration or for a garden OR it gets put into a large skip.
It must be out of the park by this weekend and the boat movers must be booked pretty much as soon as possible.
Any suggestions, sooner rather than [...]
Posted in every post to date, garden of hope, show gardens & shows on Jun 1st, 2008
Sara [2nd from left] who does the office for me will run the mini marathon tomorrow with her friend Nicola for me to raise funds for the Garden of Hope journey with the Niall Mellon Township trust. We met the gang at their stand in Bloom in the Park today.
If you have spare cash I [...]
Posted in every post to date, the pink boat - bloom 2008 on May 31st, 2008
Tully Nurseries Ltd. – master plant grower
Deidre Breathnach - wexfords very own Da Vinci
Maura Hickey - the finest photographer in Ireland
B.D.F Commercials Ltd – suppliers of products from my imagination and storage
D.B. Painters – decoration and painting
Patrick Campbell (& Veronica) – sculptor of all things
Gormleys Fine Art - beautiful
Atfar Construction – civil engineers, [...]
Posted in every post to date, the pink boat - bloom 2008 on May 31st, 2008
· Helleborus orientalis 1 Litre
· Digitalis purpurea ‘Torpedo Lilac’ 1.5 Litre
· Doronicum caucasicum ‘Little Leo’ 1.5 Litre
· Agapanthus ‘Midnight Blue’ 30-35cm 2 Litre
· Astilbe x arendsii ‘Fanal’ 2 Litre
· Astilbe ‘Gladstone’ 2 Litre
· Brunnera macrophylla 2 Litre
· Carex comans ‘Bronze Form’ 2 Litre
· Carex morrowii ‘Evergold’ 2 Litre
· Cortaderia selloana ‘Pumila’ 2 [...]
Posted in every post to date, the pink boat - bloom 2008 on May 11th, 2008
Posted in every post to date, the pink boat - 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 - bloom 2008 on Mar 20th, 2008
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 and [...]
