Fionnuala Fallon is a trained horticulturist, gardening correspondent for The Irish Times, author and flower farmer. With her photographer husband, Richard Johnston, she grows a very wide range of seasonal, sustainably-produced cut-flowers on her flower farm in a Victorian walled garden in west Wicklow.  She uses her flowers to create bouquets and arrangements for private [...]

Matthew Wilson is an award-winning garden and landscape designer, writer, radio & television broadcaster and lecturer.  He has extensive garden design experience having worked on a wealth of projects – from small urban gardens to master planning country estates.  Since setting up the practice in 2016, Matthew has designed many gardens and landscapes for private and [...]

Conrad is a garden designer, freelance garden journalist and environmentalist. He has appeared on the television and regularly contributes to BBC Radio Ulster’s Gardeners Corner programme. He has a passion for unusual and exotic plants which he grows in his suburban North Antrim garden.

Nigel Hopes, the Head Gardener for John Massey in his private garden at Ashwood Nurseries in the West Midlands, brings a wealth of experience and gardening knowledge.  His background includes work experience at Ashwood, studies at Birmingham Botanical Gardens, and placements at RHS Garden Wisley, as well as a plant hunting trip in South Africa. [...]

Carl Wright gardens at Caher Bridge, an award-winning garden located near Fanore in the Burren, Co. Clare. He is originally from Devon and has lived in Clare since the 1990's.  He created the garden from what was originally dense hazel and blackthorn scrub; it is based around a restored riverside cottage, blending in with its surroundings [...]

Andy McIndoe is a garden consultant and designer, garden writer, author and lecturer with over 40 years experience in retail and production horticulture. Working on gardens of all sizes, his special interests include hardy shrubs, trees, herbaceous perennials, flower bulbs and garden design. During his long career with Hillier Nurseries he was responsible for the [...]

Paul is the Head Gardener at RHSI Bellefield in County Offaly, a property bequeathed to the RHSI by the renowned architect and garden designer Angela Jupe. Alongside its house and cottages, the estate features a two-acre walled garden celebrated for its collection of perennial plants and rare bulbs. The wider grounds encompass pasture, forestry, a [...]

Medina Garden is the private coastal garden of Karl Flynn and Marcella Dunne.  The garden has an exotic, tropical atmosphere created through dramatic plantings of palms, tree ferns, bamboo, and other striking architectural species. Located near Howth Summit at 150m above sea level, the garden is sheltered by tall hedges that buffer the coastal winds, [...]

Sharon is a well-known floral demonstrator, teacher and judge.  She will show us how to create arrangements for the festive season! Arrangements will be raffled after the event which will be followed by Christmas drinks. Please note the earlier start time for this event.