the garden powerscourt

Rain Showers on a June Wedding

2012-03-08T09:15:00.001Z

Last Spring I had a visit from Neasa her wedding was June coming in the Clarence Hotel
in Dublin.
Her only request was that everything was green and plenty of foliages to be used to give
texture and informal garden look to the arrangments and bouquets.

We used a mixture of Hydrangea,Rosemary,Thymus,Poppy seed head,Lisanthus
Grape seed and chyrs. green bloom .

Table arrangements were done in little Zinc pots that we sell here in the store along with other
table,church and wedding decorations.

There was plenty of rain showers that day in June but it made for some great photographys.

Event Flowers

2012-03-04T20:53:00.001Z

Over the last few years we have worked with many event companies on various events helping them create beautiful feature display gardens and floral displays.

Last summer we created the beautiful garden theme flowers for the launch of the Kildare Village
Summer Festival.

Whitney Port fashion designer and from Mtv's hit Programe The Hills and the The City launched her
book and designed a Tote bag for the Kildare summer festival too.We used the tote bag as the inspiration of the flower displays with wild garden flowers in hot colours to pick up on the neon colours
in the Tote bag that Whitney had designed for Kildare village shopping outlet.

We worked along side Xena Productions for this event.

We also had the pleasure of Whitney Port visiting our store.

www.xenaproductions.ie

www.kildarevillage.com

http://whitneyport.celebuzz.com/loving-my-new-camera-07-2011

Ruth & Jamie

2011-11-09T17:04:00.007Z

August just gone I packed up the van with vintage frames ,tea cups and mirrors and old leather suitcases (The flowers had been delivered straight there)and took the long road trip down to Ballinskelligs Co.Kerry once the motorway part was over the views were unreal out towards the atlantic. The marque was up on arrival and we were all set to create Ruth s dream of a vintage tea cup party theme for her special day.
She wanted the marque to have a soft jet fun theme so I used Greenfashion RoseS, Hydrangeas, Astrantia, Astible with some lavander to go with the china and the dolly matts etc.
For the church we went with off whites and white Astible and some sweet pea and gyp in zinc and jam jars. Ruth had got some lovely lace ribbon from A.rubanesque here in powerscourt town house which we used for bows and wrapping the Bouquets.
Her bouquet was all whites with a mixture of vintage roses, astible and sweetpea , in keeping with dress.
It was a very wild wet day before the wedding but the sun came out the morning of the day just as ruth made her way to the church on Valentia Island were Jamie was waiting !
Ballinskelligs is a wonderful part of Ireland and beautiful place to get married.

see more photos here www.onefabday.com/ballinskelligs-wedding-part-2

Photography thanks to julien and kenneth of www.kohweddings.com

Ribbon and Lace www.arubanesque.ie

Halloween

2011-10-27T14:45:00.000+01:00

The landscape is full of interesting colours at this time of year ,and I love nothing better then to capture it in the store in our bouquets and arrangements for Halloween.
We've a busy few days ahead with the demo on Saturday 29th October and Pumpkin carving from 3 to 5pm .
Lots in store so pop by and say hi!

Victoria and Timothy

2011-10-21T17:10:00.002+01:00

Victoria and Timothys wedding was in July just gone. The weather was beautiful and it turned out to be an amazing day. Victoria wanted the theme to be kept simple and elegant.
For her bouquet I used Astilbe, Sweet Pea and white Roses.
We kept the church flowers all white using a garden style as the church was in a country setting. We used white hydrangea heads in Zinc Pots for the pew ends and country mix around the alter.
In venue we added a hint of pink using Astible and green hydrangea heads in Zinc and terracotta pots for the tables.
Thanks to David Jenkins for the beautiful Photographs and Aoife in the Lodge was so good to work with as always.

www.thelodgeatashford.ie
www.davidjenkinsphotography.com

2011-10-13T16:21:00.000+01:00

Welcome to the garden blog!

2011-07-14T18:10:00.000+01:00

Mark Grehan Designs is a contemporary garden design studio headed by Mark Grehan. Our aim is to fuse modern design with traditional cottage garden style planting. We endeavour to put form on ideas and to design a concept for you to maximise your garden's potential. Your outdoor area is an extension of your home: another room, another living space, a "garden room." This space should be a refuge – a place of relaxation, entertaining and contemplation. In today’s world of unlimited communication, information and sensory stimulation, the need for peace, solitude, nature and meditation has never been greater.

The same types of structural and design elements that you utilize indoors to comfortably divide space and add character and ambiance to each room can be brought outside as well. Your outdoor living space can be divided into entertainment areas, solitude and contemplation space, playgrounds for the children, pet areas and more.