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Open Garden: Mairin Dunlea, Foxrock

Mairin hosts an open day at her garden at 3, The Birches, off Torquay Road, Foxrock. Donation at the door in aid of the Capuchin Day Centre.      

Laura Willgoss, WiIdegoose Nursery : Creating Beautiful Borders

Foxrock Church Pastoral Centre Foxrock Church Pastoral Centre, Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland

At Wildegoose Nursery in Shropshire, Laura and Jack Willgoss specialise in growing choice hardy perennial plants.  Having studied together at RHS Garden Wisley, they had a dream to find and restore an abandoned walled garden and run a nursery of their own.  Wildegoose, set in the Shropshire countryside, is a small independent nursery, garden and [...]

Helen Picton and Ross Barton – The Picton Garden in the 21st Century

Foxrock Church Pastoral Centre Foxrock Church Pastoral Centre, Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland

Helen is third generation of Picton's to run Old Court Nurseries & The Picton Garden in Colwall. Having trained as a Botanist at the University of Reading she has been running the nursery since 2009 with the help of her husband Ross Barbour. Co-Author of the 2014 book 'The Plant Lovers Guide to Asters' and [...]

Derry Watkins, Special Plants Nursery

Foxrock Church Pastoral Centre Foxrock Church Pastoral Centre, Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland

Derry is author of two books on greenhouse gardening and has introduced many plants from her plant collecting trips to South Africa and elsewhere. The result is a collection of unusual plants from all over the world,  including an amazing range of hardy herbaceous and rockery plants as well as many tender perennials for terrace [...]