Helen Dillon

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Helen Dillon (* 1940 in Dunning ) is a Scottish gardener. Your garden is located since 1972 in Sandford Road no. 45 in Dublin Nobel suburb Rannelagh . She is the recipient of the Veitch Memorial Medal of the Royal Horticultural Society . She presented The Garden Show , Garden Heaven and Antiques Watch for RTÉ . Together with Diarmuid Gavin , she hosted the television series Greatest Gardens on BBC ONE Northern Ireland. She is the author of numerous books on garden design. She also writes columns for the Sunday Tribune (1992–1995) and RHS magazine, The Garden .

Life

As a child, Dillon had her own garden, and she mainly grew primroses. As a teenager, Dillon lived in Perth . She wanted to study art, but was forbidden to do so by her parents. So she took on an assistant position in the editorial team of Amateur Gardening magazine in London , where she met numerous well-known garden designers. She had an apartment with a balcony that was overcrowded with potted plants. Then she worked as an antique dealer. With her husband, Irishman Val Dillon (* 1936), also an antique dealer, she moved to Dublin in 1972 and laid out a garden around their house.

Garden design

The approximately 40,000 m 2 garden belongs to a representative Georgian stone house built in 1830 . It is one of the most famous Irish gardens and has been described by Christopher Lloyd , Robin Lane Fox and House and Garden magazine , among others . However, it is contaminated by honey fungus , vine weevils , algae and weeds and rust .

The plant is traditional, with numerous garden "rooms" as they carried Lauwrence Johnston in Hidcote were popularized in the 1920s, but enlivened by numerous exotic plants that thrive in the mild climate Irish. The center of the facility was an elongated lawn, which, following the example of Mount Stewart, was bordered by borders with a blue and red color scheme. In the meantime, the lawn has been replaced by a 28 m long canal modeled on the Myrtle Court of the Moorish Alhambra , which is lined with gray limestone slabs, and the color scheme of the borders has been loosened up somewhat. Dillon values ​​exotic plants such as Dieramas , Cannas , Anisodonteas and Araliaceae . However, she is now trying to simplify her garden and prefers plants that sow themselves. The site also includes a vegetable garden, Dillon particularly appreciates cabbage and coriander. The garden was open to the paying public but was finally closed in September 2016. The family sold the house to build the new Dillon garden elsewhere.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=Helen%20Dillon
  2. ↑ http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/our-queen-of-green-1.1208752
  3. ↑ Clare Foster, The Dillon Garden, planting wisdom. House & Garden, June 2011
  4. ^ Christian Lloyd, 45 Sandford Road, Dublin. In: Other People's gardens, Viking 1995, 154-161
  5. ↑ http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/97f802f0-1db0-11e4-8f0c-00144feabdc0.html
  6. ↑ Clare Foster, The Dillon Garden, planting wisdom. House & Garden, June 2011
  7. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/aug/20/gardens-plants-to-take-or-leave-when-moving-house-helen-dillon
  8. ↑ Helen Dillon, the allure of a legendary beauty. The Garden, August 2016, 13
  9. ^ Christian Lloyd, 45 Sandford Road, Dublin. In: Other People's gardens, Viking 1995, 159
  10. ^ Robin Lane Fox, Why Helen Dillon in Dublin has the best walled town garden. Financial Times August 15, 2014, http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/97f802f0-1db0-11e4-8f0c-00144feabdc0.html
  11. ^ Robin Lane Fox, Why Helen Dillon in Dublin has the best walled town garden. Financial Times August 15, 2014, http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/97f802f0-1db0-11e4-8f0c-00144feabdc0.html
  12. ↑ Helen Dillon, the allure of a legendary beauty. The Garden, August 2016, 13
  13. ↑ Jane Powers, http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/our-queen-of-green-1.1208752
  14. ↑ Nationwide, July 15, 2016, http://www.rte.ie/player/gb/show/nationwide-21/10598668/
  15. ↑ Madeleine Lyons, http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/helen-dillon-bids-farewell-to-her-ranelagh-garden-1.2600433
  16. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/aug/20/gardens-plants-to-take-or-leave-when-moving-house-helen-dillon
personal data
SURNAME Dillon, Helen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish gardener
DATE OF BIRTH 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Dunning