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Celebrity gardener heads for Carn
08.02.08
CELEBRITY gardener
Diarmuid Gavin will be in Carndonagh later this
month for
the first round of public consultations to design a
town park.
The TV gardener and landscape architect has teamed
up with the Public Art Office and Donegal County
Council to design and create one of the "most
imaginative and ambitious" community spaces and play
parks for the North Inishowen town. He will travel
to Carndonagh on Wednesday, February 20, to begin a
period of consultations with the schools and local
community. |
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"These sessions will
form the design concepts for the Barrack Hill Town
Park taking into consideration the thoughts of over
100 participants from the area," explained Aideen
Doherty of Donegal County Council's community and
enterprise section. The local community will also
get the chance to hear Diarmuid in a public lecture
on the role of a garden designer/landscape
architect. He will show examples of creative gardens
around the world and will give a general talk on his
own background and where he gets his inspiration.
Diarmuid Gavin studied horticulture at |
the Botanic Gardens in
Glasnevin, Dublin after which he established his own
garden design business. He won silver at Chelsea in
2004 for his 'Contemporary Suburban Garden'.
His lecture will take place in the Arás, Carndonagh
Community School, at 8pm. Admission is free and
everyone is welcome. For more information contact
074 93 73718. |
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