March 29, 2024

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French museum opens back garden designed by Ballyboughal guy

Jardin Philophrosyne, the 2nd back garden built and realised by Ballyboughal’s Peter Donegan Backyard garden Structure at a 13th century castle was officially inaugurated in France, not too long ago.

he new back garden was built in celebration of the 30th anniversary of The Historial de la Grande Guerre, Europes premier war museum embedded inside of the cities emblem in the Somme area of Northern France.

In 2018, Ballyboughal backyard garden architect Donegan was a single of 14 designers selected from about the world to structure at historic locations to commemorate the centenary of the ending of WW1.

The peace garden, Jardin Eutychia (soon after the Greek Goddess of Joy) was realised in the Chateau’s dried up moat.

Of the most recent undertaking, at 1st look the backyard is a readers most attractive welcome, but it contains also a herbarium of environment war medicinal plants, digital reality story telling and a comprehensive sizing Panzer tank and a plant assortment of scent designed to evoke memory in the a few tiered room contained in a cities castle courtyard that has fallen three occasions.

Because 2019, the castles in-house study staff, its Director Hervé Francois and Peter Donegan together with Chloe Quinn have labored aspect by aspect on elements of the gardens element.

Peter Donegan factors out : “The tricky aspect of this structure and as critical, the realisation was that castle and in specific the courtyard was built eventually to preserve individuals out and in this assignments case the only access was through the structures front archway and via the 17 metre prolonged tunnel. Invariably the gardens results came down to a incredibly shut functioning romance with amongst other folks landscape contractors Laurent Dachy and the carpentry staff Clement Henocque (CH Bois).”

In accordance to Assistant Designer Chloe Quinn: “That we took a daydream built it into an equation and, it men and women wonder how we built it all take place is accurately what we to begin with dreamt when we were appointed to this magical and now eloquently fitting but stunning venture.”

Peter Donegan is an internationally renowned horticulturist, back garden designer and speaker. His exercise was borne in 2001 and very quickly obtained acclaim profitable a host of awards for 17th & 18th century gardens & display gardens at national opposition. Peter is the collection back garden designer for Do it yourself SOS The Large Establish for RTE Television, an RHS Silver medalist and has built at Château de Péronne, France in 2019 and 2022.