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Garden Show

The Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland (RHSI), The Alfred Beit Foundation and Quinns of Baltinglass teamed up to host a Garden Show on Saturday, 29th July 2017 in the historic parkland setting of Russborough, in the heart of beautiful West Wicklow.  

The highlights included:

• The Marketplace with an extensive range of stalls with specialist plants, flowers, tools, books and other essentials for gardening.

• A hand picked group of suppliers and experts joined Quinns in the Retail Courtyard with garden furniture, barbecues, tools, clothing and accessories along with demos, spot prizes and gardening advice. The 2017 range of Husqvarna products were on display.

• Click Here for a list of stall holders

• Visitors enjoyed talks from a knowledgeable and entertaining line-up of speakers:

 Martin Walsh, Plant Hunter and Garden Designer – ‘Himalayan and Chinese Plants for the Irish Garden’

Paul Martin, Gold Medal Winner at Chelsea 2016 – ‘Creating Beautiful Gardens’

Dara Craul of Back Avenue Books & June Blake’s Garden – ‘Garden Books – A Short History’

Paul Martin, Gold Medal Winner at Chelsea 2016 – ‘Creating Beautiful Gardens’

• Flower arranging demonstrations used flowers from the borders in the Walled Garden:

Maria Watchorn: ‘A vertical Arrangement for the Hall Table’

Karen Robinson: ‘A simple hand-tied Wedding Bouquet using Garden Flowers’

Karen Robinson: ‘Flowers from the Garden – An Arrangement’

• Family activities for budding gardeners were a popular feature in the walled garden.

See photos on Instagram & Facebook

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The organisers gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the following sponsors: