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    A gardener’s garden

    Aug 17, 2021 3 minutes
    WORDS MATTHEW REESE
    PHOTOGRAPHS JASON INGRAM

    It came as quite a shock to the gardening community when in 2016 Helen Dillon announced she was leaving her wonderful garden of more than 40 years. Created with her husband, Val, at Sandford Road in Dublin, Ireland, that garden was as much a feast for the mind as for the eyes. Helen grew botanical treasures, such as glittering silver celmisias and the lovely woodland orchid , with enviable ease. Good heritage varieties certainly‘Murdoch’ and a superb specimen of with whirlpools of glaucous-green, aloe-like leaves could be found alongside calmer foliage, the perfect complement. There was something to appeal to everyone. Among the main focal points of the garden were the sumptuous, colour-themed borders. The extraordinary red and blue beds gleamed at each other from across a long, formal pool. So why leave this internationally acclaimed masterpiece, and what would be next?

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