Shells Gardens | Horticultural Services | Dublin, Ireland

Garden Design & Builds

garden in Killester
Seasonal planting included bulbs, mix of perennials, grasses along the back border and climbing hydrangeas.
Curved path wit brick edging leads upto the existing pergola. A new new lawn was laid around the raised beds.
Back wall cleared, border dug up and enriched with compost before planting. Planted a crab apple tree Malus ‘Rudolph’.
Patio built between the new raised vegetable beds.
Garden build in Killester.
Before

Garden in Clontarf
After – Photinia espalier trees provide privacy.
Granite patio laid at the shed.
Before

Garden in Clontarf
Summer photos sent by the client.
Planted in December. A new new lawn and black limestone edging was laid around the edge.
Back wall cleared before planting fruit ( Prunus dom. The Czar – can tolerate partial shade) espalier trees.
Back wall planted with shade tolerant espalier pear trees, perenials including Digitalis (foxglove) and Heucheras.
Before – garden in Clontarf.
Before

Garden in clontarf
After – low maintenance plants used including clump forming bamboo, ferns, fatsia and perennials.
After – plant colours were green and white to make the garden feel calm and soothing.
Before – borders built.
Before – garden in Clontarf.

Garden in Artane
After – shale & cobbles laid after planting.
After
After – new pebbles laid on the hydrangea borders.
Before – garden in Artane. Lawn removed. Enriched top soil added & MyPex membrane to help prevent weeds.
Before – garden in Artane.
Planting after lawn dug up and top soil mix laid.

garden in drumcondra
After – new flower border with black limestone edging and gold granite patio.
After – contrasting colours of the edging & patio.
Before – garden in Drumcondra
Before
Pots added to the bare front patio.
Black limestone edging. Low maintenance planting with a mix of evergreen and perrenial plants to provide colour through the year.

garden in bayside
Garden Build – granite patio & edging & stepping stones, new lawn & low maintenance planting.
Granite stepping stones.
Granite edging and low maintenance planting.
Before
Before
Before

Garden Design

Garden in Marino.
Masterplan – discussed the concept drawings with the clients to create this final design.
Concept drawing 1- one design created with images to provide a visual option for the clients.
Concept drawing 2 – garden in Marino.
Render drawing provides a 3D image.
Render
Render

Garden in Killester
2D Concept Drawings – garden build in Killester.
3D image of final design.
View from the back of the garden.
Curved path through the centre of the garden with raised vegetable beds to the left and pollinator friendly plants to the right.
Viburnum tinus evergreen shrubs to eventually screen the heat pump. Planted at least 1m away from the pump.

Garden in Artane.
2D sketch of garden build in Artane. Clients didn’t require concept or 3D images.
Clients requested plants to be no taller than 1m high so not to block the road view.
Shale & cobbles laid after planting. Front walls were rendered and painted to match the colour of the house.

Garden in Marino
Garden Design project in Marino – 2D concept drawings.
Final Design – 3D Render Image.
3D Image.

College Projects
Drawn Masterplan for coastal garden in Donabate – college project.
Axonometric (3D) plan.
Planting plan providing botanical names layout of the plants, quantities & spacing.
Axonometric (3D) Drawing – college project for St. James Hospital.
Drawn Masterplan – college project for St. James Hospital.

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