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Barry Lupton visits the International Garden Festival at Emo Court, Co Laois
The gates opened on Ireland’s first International Garden Festival (IGF) recently to the cheers and applause of a small but enthusiastic crowd. Among the eclectic group of attendees braving the torrential downpours for the press day preview - albeit from the safety and comfort of the hospitality tent – were famed UK designers Andy Sturgeon and David Fountain, both of whom flew in especially to show their support for what will hopefully be the first of many annual events.
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Barry Lupton and Koraley Northen visit the Rare and Special Plant Fair
The clouds parted and stars aligned for this years ‘Rare and Special Plant Fair’. A nation of plant enthusiasts, coaxed from their beds by a long overdue sunny day, dusted off their sunglasses, rolled up their sleeves and set off for a day of cultivating inspiration in the wooded splendour of the Phoenix Park.
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Even the hardiest of souls found themselves being drawn away from the windswept St Patrick’s parade to the relative warmth and comfort of this year’s Spring House and Garden Show.
Held over four days, from the 16th to the 20th of March, the show marks the kick off for the planting season and affords young designers and nursery folk the opportunity to display their talents. With wind and rain lashing outside the great and the good from Irish horticulture battened down the hatches and prepared for another successful show.
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Barry Lupton reviews the recent Irish Landscape Institute Conference
“Sustainability is increasing in relevance and urgency” said Trevor Sargent TD, opening the 5th biennial Irish Landscape Institute conference. Held in the renowned Brooklodge Hotel and entitled Sustaining Interest: achieving sustainability through landscape architecture; the day long event promised to illustrate how landscape architects can make meaningful contributions to achieving genuine sustainable development.
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Autumn Conference review
3-D Garden: Thinking outside the Concrete Box was the intriguing title of the recent autumn conference hosted by the Society of Garden Designers. The day long event, which was held in the glass and steel clad surrounds of the Imperial College, London, and which drew together some of the most interesting contemporary designers, promised a day that challenged conventional thought on the use of man-made materials in the making of 3 dimensional garden space.
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