A LIMERICK garden, which won a national competition and took silver at the prestigious ‘Bloom” festival in Dublin will be the focus of an RTE production this Thursday evening.
Designer, Lisa Mc Knight won the ‘Supergarden’ competition run by RTE for her transformation of a private garden in Rhebogue. She later took the design to ‘Bloom’ where she recreated it to win a silver against stiff competition from some of the best designers in the land.
Lisa, who opened her first professional design company in Limerick, also designed the playground in the People’s Park and is responsible for the unusual playground in Cratloe woods.
Lisa describes her award-winning Rhebogue design as “romantic and appealing to the senses”.
She told the Limerick Post that she wanted to design a garden which had wide appeal and which would sit well in an Irish situation.
“I sank a feeding trough into the ground and created a water feature. Planting was with a view to scent, being nice to touch or attracting birds and bees – I wanted t appeal to all the senses and I wanted to appeal to all ages. I hung a swing with a beautiful wood seat and climbing ropes in an existing Laburnum tree because it doesn’t matter what age a person is – everyone wants to sit on a swing”.
The competition was run by RTE and sponsored by Woodies, who asked their customers to volunteer their gardens for the makeover, which had to be done on a budget of €5,000.
“I had Bloom in my sights when I created the garden and I was delighted to take silver. I was up against some of the best garden designers in the country. It was also a great opportunity to showcase wonderful Limerick crafts for the people who worked on the project with me”.
The episode of Supergarden screens on RTE 1 at 8.30 this Thursday, March 6.
