Carlow Floral Festival 2008, Ireland

Friday 08 Aug to Sunday 10 Aug: Bagenalstown Festival Festival Trail Map County Guide

Saturday 2nd August 2008

Leighlinbridge The Garden Village - with Helen Dillon


leighlinbridge - the garden village with Helen Dillon

Led by Helen Dillon, this tour focuses on four gardens
created by the community of Leighlinbridge including
the Millennium Garden, the Vivaldi Garden, the Garden
of Remembrance and the Sculpture Garden, all of which maximise the space surrounding them.

venue: the sculpture garden, riverside area, leighlinbridge time: 12.00pm

top ten plants for august


Helen Dillon picks out her top ten plants for August that everbody should find room for in their gardens including Dahlia, Miscanthus and Salvias. Using practical examples Helen explains how to achieve maximum colour during this month.


venue: arboretum lifestyle & garden centre, leighlinbridge time: 2.00pm

sow, grow & harvest


With the trend towards growing your own becoming more popular, this workshop introduces you to key principles including soil preparation, planning, sowing and harvesting. For the time and space conscious gardener, Helen will outline the top 10 fruit and vegetables to grow on your own while also exploring various space options from the traditional garden to containers, grow bags and even hanging baskets.

venue: arboretum lifestyle & garden centre, leighlinbridge time: 3.15pm

perfect planting partners


Using case examples from the Arboretum Inspirational
Gardens, Helen focuses on the main lessons to perfect
planting partners taking soil, height, light, space and
exposure into consideration. The gardens reflect the
changing seasons and include woodland, town, minimalist, patio and water gardens.


venue: arboretum lifestyle & garden centre, leighlinbridge time: 4.30pm

 

 

Review

“A delightful place to visit, it excels in terms of its strong customer focus, professional staff, top quality plants and excellent merchandising” – Judging panel from An Bord Glas on winning the Garden Centre of the Year Award.

 

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Arboretum Lifestyle & Garden Centre Ireland’s first five star garden centre

Arboretum Lifestyle & Garden Centre Ireland’s first five star garden centre


Kilkenny Road (N9), Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow.
Contact: Rachel Doyle
t: + 353 (0) 59 9721558
f: + 353 (0) 59 9721642
e: sales@arboretum.ie
www.arboretum.ie

Helen Dillon is a renowned plants woman, writer, lecturer and broadcaster. With her inimitable style, Helen’s workshops are guaranteed to appeal to everyone from the reluctant gardener to the green fingered enthusiast - Saturday 2nd August & Tuesday 5th August.


FACILITIES: Toilets, large car and coach park, wheelchair accessible, restaurant with wine licence, pet shop, conference centre, mini associated retail park.

HOW TO FIND US: 9.5 km south of Carlow town near Leighlinbridge on the N9 To Kilkenny. Well signposted.

OPENING TIMES: Monday – Saturday 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Bank Holidays 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
 

Commitment to excellent customer service, quality products, unbeatable choice and value for money has earned Arboretum Lifestyle & Garden Centre the coveted title of Bord Bia National Garden Centre of the Year for an unprecedented fourth consecutive year and All Ireland Garden Centre of the Year in 2006.
 
Arboretum Lifestyle and Garden Centre is far more than a place for the gardening enthusiast. It’s an entire shopping experience: a place to savour the myriad of interesting items dotted throughout the store. Spacious and well laid out, the centre guides visitors through elegant displays of garden furnishing, pot plants, outdoor plants, an extensive gift section, hand crafted furniture and lots more.

An entire day can be devoted to the visit, wandering through the fantastic range of items available, seeking expert advice from friendly staff or enjoying a delicious meal or cup of coffee in the tranquil setting of Mulberry’s Restaurant. Year round the centre is a delight to visit reflecting the changing seasons of the gardeners’ world.
 
On site the Arboretum Retail Park features individual complimentary units – the Natural Stone Centre & Pat Coughlan Garden Equipment – while a Pets & Aquatics Shop covering over 330 sq. metres offers a variety of tropical fish, rabbits and hamsters and foods, toys and treats for animals.  
 

Arboretum

Their comprehensive website www.arboretum.ie features a whole range of gardening tips from Rachel Doyle, proprietor and Sunday Independent gardening columnist.