Garden Design and Planting
Series 2 Episode 1 DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland The Aylward Family
As Proud Plant Partners of the DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland, Glanbia CountryLife is extremely honoured to have worked hand in hand with the shows garden designer, Peter Donegan, to help create the garden of the Aylward’s families dreams. The first episode in season two of DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland, features the most challenging build to date; starting with an empty site.
Here we share the garden design, as imagined by show Garden Designer Peter Donegan, and the planting list, as selected in partnership with Glanbia CountryLife Horticulturist Fergal Joy.
Garden Design:
Planting Range:
We’ve compiled the list of plants that Glanbia CountryLife provided to help bring Peter’s garden design to life. Plants were selected to compliment his design vision and deliver on the ambiance he envisaged within each space.
Central to the design and planting plan, a generous quantity of trees were added to give structure and zoning to this large garden. Adding definition, texture and height to areas such as the main garden walkway, leading down to the piano and patio area.
Perennials plants selected added lots of colour for the Aylward family. While they will die-back in the winter time, this pop of colour will remerge each year in the spring time.
| Perennials | Trees |
| Achillea ‘Sunny Seduction’ | CARPINUS bet. Fastigiata Feathered |
| Dianthus ‘Charmy’ | SORBUS au. Sheerwater Seedling |
| Gaura ‘Whirling Butterflies | HAMAMELIS x intermedia Dian |
| Lamium ‘Pink Chablis’ | LABURNUM x watereri Vossii |
| Nepeta mussinii ‘Purrsian Blue’ | CORYLUS avellana |
| Salvia ‘East Friesland | BETULA utilis jacquemontii |
| Scabiosa col. Butterfly Blue | Fruit Trees |
| Verbena ‘Scarlet’ | PYRUS Conference (Pear) |
| Echinacea ‘SunSeekers Orange | MALUS dom. Falstaff (Apple) |
| Heuchera ‘Wild Rose | MALUS dom. Red Windsor (Apple) |
| Lavender stoec. ‘Giant Summer’ | MALUS dom. Discovery (Apple) |
| Salvia greggii ‘Royal Bumble’ | MALUS dom. Jonagold (Apple) |
| Digiplexis ‘Berry Canary | MALUS dom. Idared (Apple) |
| Geranium ‘Orkney Cherry’ | MALUS dom. Bramley Seedling (Apple) |
| Salvia ‘Hot Lips | MALUS dom. Eggremont Russet (Apple) |
| Coreopsis ‘Golden Sphere’ | MALUS dom. Katja (Apple) |
| Gaillardia ‘Sunset Cutie’ | PRUNUS Morello (Cherry) |
| Lobelia ‘Starship Rose’ | FICUS carica (Fig) |
| Lobelia ‘Starship Scarlet | RIBES UVA CRISPA MXE |
| Alstroemeria ‘Summer Break | FRUITMIX BIO |
| Alstroemeria ‘Time Valley’ | VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM |
| Agapanthus ‘Charlotte | RIBES NIGRUM |
| Argyranthemum White | RIBES RUBRUM MIX |
| Dianthus ‘Charmy’ | Annuals |
| Lavender angust. ‘Hidcote’ | Sanvitalia ‘Yellow’ |
| Leucanthemum ‘Freak’ | Cosmos ‘Odyssey White |
| Nepeta mussinii ‘Purrsian Blue’ | Antirrhinum Rose |
| Osteospermum ‘Blue Eyed Beauty’ | Shrubs |
| Tiarella ‘Pink Skyrocket’ | TAXUS baccata 140-160cm EXTRA |
| Heucherella ‘Sweet Tea’ / ‘Pink Fizz’ | TAXUS baccata 80-100cm |
| NEPETA Six Hills Giant | Grass |
| VERBENA bonariensis | Carex testacea |
| CALAMAGROSTIS brachytricha | Herbs |
| SALVIA nem. Ostfriesland | Lemon Verbena (Lippia citrodoria) |
| Hebe ‘Wiri Mist’ | |
| LAVANDULA an. Hidcote | Sage Tricolor |
| CROCOSMIA Lucifer | Parsley Moss Curled |
| GERANIUM Rozanne | Thyme Common |
| GEUM Totally Tangerine | Lavender ‘Munstead’ |
