The Association of Professional Landscapers (APL) 30th anniversary APL Awards 2025 will be hosted by APL General Manager Phil Tremayne and Garden Designer Peter Donegan MSGD on 14 March 2025, at The Brewery in London.
Author: Peter Donegan
Peter Donegan is the series garden designer for RTE television’s DIY SOS The Big Build Ireland.
In 2001 aged 24, Peter Donegan Garden Design was borne and swiftly won a host of awards for 17th & 18th century gardens & show gardens at national competition,
April 2019 Peter designed at RHS Flower Show Cardiff winning Silver & in 2020 was accepted to design at RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.
Selected to represent Ireland to design & realise the Irish WW1 Centenary Peace Garden at Chateau de Peronne (2018). He returns to design there again in 2022.
http://DoneganLandscaping.com
The basis of a career in garden design and mentoring.
Features interviews with mentors Peter Donegan MSGD, John Wyer and Emma Mazzullo and mentees Christina Sullivan and Hannah Smith. It discusses my mentoring with Elissa Astorino of Niagara Parks School of Horticulture who worked on my 2nd show garden at Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show 2024 and, designed her own border garden at the same show.
ITV’s Love Your Garden is no more, but Alan Titchmarsh’s Gardening Club is new, so who are the top 70 gardening TV presenters in the UK, according to HortWeek?
Events such as Chelsea took the media by storm earlier this year, and BBC2’s Your Garden Made Perfect has taken a fresh approach to showcasing what the industry can do. So, is garden design getting its moment on the small screen? And how accurate is its portrayal?
ProLandscaper Magazine October 2024
Taking to TV – Words by Ashleigh Browne
Four Nations Special: A focus on England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland – featuring International Garden Designer Peter Donegan MSGD representing the Ireland.