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EASY STEPS
DREAM GARD THE PLANT LOVERS’ GARDEN DESIGNED BY PATRICIA TYRELL
Bord Bia's Carol Marks outlines the Bord Bia Bloom initiative to help novices and uncertain gardeners realise their own dream garden at home, according to the aspect and functionality of their garden, provides a blueprint for success
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eople visit Bloom to get inspiration for their own garden and planting. However, once they have left the festival the key challenge they face is how to translate their ideas into a reality in their own home. To help overcome this barrier Bord Bia has, as part of this year’s Bloom at home campaign, launched ‘Easy Steps to Dream Gardens, a suite of seven designed gardens which come with planting plans, designed to help people plant their own show garden at home, in their own time and within their budget constraints. Bord Bia has worked with seven Bloom award-winning show garden designers to create garden designs that are suited to a range of different locations. Each of the seven garden designs in the series is available to download from the www.bordbiabloom. com website, and includes an easy-to-follow planting plan and detailed planting list that can be implemented in the garden according to the aspect of the garden. The seven designers have also chosen plants that are generally available from Irish nurseries and in local garden centres. The gardens are all 15 metres x 9 metres in size, and have
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been designed for different aspects (e.g. north, south, east and west-facing gardens). The plans illustrate a variety of functional features, such as patios and seating areas and where to place them. The planting plan for each design is a comprehensive guide which shows you what to plant where, how many plants you need and where to place them according to your aspect so as to create a similar look and feel to your favourite garden design. Commenting on the initiative, Carol Marks, Horticulture Sector Manager, Bord Bia said, “We are thrilled to have worked with award-winning garden designers to create these step-by-step garden designs which can be implemented at home. The plans have been designed to suit a range of different needs and provide inspiration for transforming your garden. A top tip is that the border details from each design are accessible for any gardener to implement, based on their garden aspect. Each garden design comes with a range of inspirational images, an animated walk-through and a full plant list to make buying the plants as simple as possible.”
HORTICULTURECONNECTED / www.horticultureconnected.ie / Summer 2021
