The challenges of Howth's misty summit

First of all we would love to take this opportunity to thank our brilliant clients who gave us a blank canvas and their full support to bring their dream garden to life.

This project was both demanding and rewarding in equal amounts due to the difficulty of the exposed nature of the site and challenging our knowledge and experience to not only build a garden to survive, but to thrive and portray the friendly, colourful and wildlife friendly clients. The site is exposed to the wonderful Irish sea breeze on three sides and backs up on to the sharp sloping cliff face, it really does bring another meaning to the saying "between and rock and hard place".

If you have ever ventured up towards Howths summit im sure you know of its diverse weather systems. One minute you could mistake the sun,sea and landscape for the south of France, the next minute an onslaught of of hail reminds you of where you really are. This diverse weatherfront draws to the difficulty in plant selection that not only draws you in but that will also stand the test of time to develop into a diverse outdoor space for year round interest.