Helen Dillon Garden RanelaghHelen Dillon's garden at No 45 Ranelagh is truly a hidden gem right in the heart of Dublin. Helen herself is a great plantswoman and well known broadcaster and author of several gardening books. She is no-nonsense straight talking Scotswoman, she doesn’t believe in molly-coddling plants (having learned the hard way herself) if a plant isn’t doing well it gets replaced. Which is a good policy where space is an issue and every square inch has to be worth its salt. She even ripped up her labour intensive lawn and replaced them with a long pond flanked by glorious herbaceous borders on either side.....
Her planting schemes can be outrageously fiery like herself (shes great fun and enormously helpful) or quite and demure like the compost bed languishing under a wreath of rose petals. This garden though small is a delight because it all seems so doable. A real townhouse albeit a fabulous one the gardens front and back are inspirational and easily copied in the small wanabee gardens. Open afternoons in March (glorious spring bulbs) and July and August (riot of colour) and sundays afternoons or by appointment at other times when Helen herself is usually around to give advice. Admission €5 rare and coveted plants for sale.
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