"Our intention is to not only meet the brief, but to exceed it".
Our gold and best in show winning garden Bloom 2022.
Our beautiful polished concrete and copper water rill and pool.
Copper water fall.
Millboard boardwalks with copper insert detail.
Polished black cobbles allow for stunning reflections.
Soft white planting beneath our beautiful Zelcova trees.
Sumptuous planting in our garden.
The view along the boardwalks to one of our beautiful copper sculptures.
Andrew shows President Michael D. Higgins and wife Sabina around the garden.
Stone from Lake Garda, Polished white concrete, Charred larch and polished copper.
Copper inserts appear and disappear as you walk past the garden.
Concrete is used with different finishes to add texture to the garden.
A polished white concrete water rill with hand made copper scupper.
Succulents planted through our feature walls.
Beautiful detailing in our copper water rill.
One of our copper sculptures representing the firing synapse of a busy mind.
Copper detailing in the sandblasted concrete patio.
Our beautiful water rill cutting through the stone walls.
Delicate planting in the succulent wall.
Our white concrete patio with copper detailing.
Gold medal and best in show.
Hit Pause
“Hit Pause”, was our garden entry for the Bloom Flower show for Caragh Nurseries. The design was inspired by the new found appreciation for our gardens and outdoor spaces which many of us have discovered during the the past two difficult years. As we were forced to hit pause on our lives, it awakened in many of us a creativity and a lust for all things outdoor like never before. Our garden aimed to encourage that new found enthusiasm by demonstrating some of the key principles of good design which can be employed to enhance any space. Principles such as simplicity of palette, repetition, use of colour, form, and texture. The design asks you to consider a garden as not just a collection of plants, but as a symbiosis between the natural world and our man-made environments.
The garden featured a large formal reflection pond which is traversed via two staggered boardwalks which guide you through the garden. This led you to a polished concrete patio, carefully detailed with copper to provide the perfect place to sit and watch the world go by.