Love to Grow is a medium size space representing a section of a garden dedicated to growing fruit and other flowers. The garden has been designed for a lady gardener who enjoys growing some fruit and other plants, along with eating al fresco. The garden materials are a mix of traditional elements such as wicker, timber and fruit trees arranged in a rectilinear style.
The eating area overlooks the garden and its raised planters. The boundary is a mock rendered wall accommodating Espalier Fruit Trees. A timber pergola is positioned in one corner, offering balance to the timber structure positioned over the eating area. The main timber structure offers dappled shade in the summer with Wisteria growing overhead. Five raised planters edged with a wicker support are positioned along the walkway, and shall be filled with a mix of strawberries and other fruit bushes.
Jane McCorkell is a Landscape Architect and Landscape Horticultural Consultant. She has received recognition for her work with Five Gold Medals from Bloom in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012 all in the Large Garden Category, along with a Best in Show Award 2010 and 2012. She has also received an Award of Merit for a Private Garden from the ALCI 2010. Her work has been widely published by Homes and Garden, The Book of Gardens, Passie Voor Tuinen, The Garden Design Journal, Horticulture Weekly, The Irish Times, and many other Irish Newspapers and Publications. Practice Clients include Keelings, Bord na Mona, Tobermore Concrete, Meath County Council, Volkswagan, Kraft Foods, and many more. ‘My aim is to create beautifully stylish and elegant gardens for people to enjoy for many years into the future. By combining high quality landscape materials and finishes, and never sacrificing design principles, the designed landscape can become a very exciting and rewarding place to be. It is important for me to work close with my client, and understand what their specific requirements are, to ensure that I successfully create gardens and spaces they can engage with, and be continuously surprised by.’
Source: Bloom – Love to Grow | Medium Gardens | Bloom 2013
