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Diarmuid Gavin
Diarmuid Gavin studied amenity horticulture at the Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin, Dublin. Following this he established his own garden design business. After winning the Royal Dublin Society Gold medal for garden design twice during the nineties, he subsequently displayed at the prestigious Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show in 1995 and 1996. Diarmuid returned to Chelsea in 2004 and was awarded Silver Gilt for his show garden, A Contemporary Suburban Garden, and was back again in 2005, achieving a Silver Gilt for his Hanover Quay Garden.
Diarmuid's modern vibrant city garden in 1996 caused quite a stir and led to a career in television where he developed a unique style in contemporary garden design. Other television work has included Home Front in the Garden, Home Front with Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen, Planet Patio and Art of the Garden, a series in association with Tate Britain on garden style through art. He also appeared in Gardens Through Time, a series to celebrate the bicentenary of the Royal Horticultural Society and last year presented a series for BBC called Garden School which took eight people out of their everyday lives and trained them in all things to do with horticulture and landscape design to open up a new career in horticulture.
As well as success in the gardening world, Diarmuid has had vast experience in the media world. Utilising his expert knowledge he has written for The Telegraph, The Independent and the Irish Times. His broad appeal has seen him being interviewed on both Radio 1 and 4.
As well as writing for newspapers in the UK and Ireland, he has written six books on garden design: 'Home Front in the Garden' 'Planet Patio' 'Home Front: Inside Out' 'Big Ideas' 'Outer Spaces' and 'Design Your Garden'.
He gives seminars internationally on garden design and the development of the modern garden and runs a business in garden design and construction based in Dublin and London, with clients in Europe and the Middle East.
Diarmuid's philosophy is to examine the potential of every garden space he visits to explore what a truly contemporary garden is, in this day and age by being inspired by such diverse sources as a Michael Jackson video on MTV, Star Trek, Vivien Westwood and the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright and Frank Gehry.
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