Shells Gardens | Horticultural Services | Dublin, Ireland

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Planting & Garden Builds

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After – Photinia espalier trees provide privacy.
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Planted in February.
Used some of the previous plants that were in the border.
Colourful and long flowering low maintenance plants.
Summer photos sent by the client.
Planted in December. A new new lawn and black limestone edging was laid around the lawn.
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.
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Planting in pots. Mix of evergreen, perennials and grasses to brighten up the deck area.
After – low maintenance plants used including clump forming bamboo, ferns, fatsia and perennials.
Before – borders built.
Before – garden in Clontarf.
After – plant colours were green and white to make the garden feel calm and soothing.
After – shale & cobbles laid after planting.
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After – new pebbles laid on the hydrangea borders.
Before – garden in Artane. Lawn removed. Enriched top soil added & MyPex membrane to help prevent weeds.
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Planting after lawn dug up and top soil mix laid.
After – new flower border and patio.
After – contrasting colours of the edging & patio.
Before – garden in Drumcondra
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Pots added to the bare front patio.
Black limestone edging.
Sorbus aucuparia (Mountain ash), Taxus baccata (Yew) & Betula pendula (Silver birch).
Bark is laid at the base to help retain moisture and to suppress weeds.
Tree watering bags provide slow release of water. Used during dry spells.
Erica (heather) – planted at the base of the trees.
Betula pendula – Silver birch and heather.
Erica darleyensis ‘Rubin’ – heather
Killester Donnycarney Football Club – native tree planting project.
Garden Build – granite patio & edging & stepping stones, new lawn & low maintenance planting.
Granite stepping stones.
Granite edging and low maintenance planting.
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After – mix of perennials, bulbs, and evergreen & deciduous plants.
Before – raised bed in Killester.

Garden Design

Complete Garden Clearance 

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Overgrown garden
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After – conifer hedge trimmed.
After – hedge reshaped and height reduced.
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Low maintenance wildlife friendly plants I planted one year previously needed a tidy.

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