Press
“The effect is startling in its beauty like the split contents of a jewellery box”
Fionnuala Fallon, The Irish Garden
“It is the intense indigenousness, combined with June Blake’s perfect eye, that makes this garden one of the most comfortable in its skin that I have ever seen.”
Jane Powers, The Irish Times
“The planting is strikingly experimental”
Tim Longville, Garden Heaven
“There are quite a few Irish gardens that I think are truly exceptional, Jimi Blake’s exciting and idiosyncratic country garden (Wicklow), and places such as Altamont (Carlow), which I love for its unique atmosphere. But if I could choose just one, then it would have to be June Blake’s remarkable garden near Blessington in west Wicklow, because it’s such a rare fusion of inspired, contemporary design and painterly planting, and is filled with so many different areas of interest – from swathes of naturalistic prairie planting to intricately beautiful flower borders, sculptural landforms, and generous stretches of woodland planting. I visit it regularly and am always inspired and intrigued by what June has achieved.”
Fionnuala Fallon, gardening correspondent for The Irish Times and organic flower farmer.
“It’s stunningly good. This must be the most thoughtful, the most lavish, successfully modern, interpretation of that classic icon of gardening, the herbaceous border, that you are ever likely to see”
Peter Dale, The Irish Garden
Gardeners Corner with David Maxwell. 10th August 2024
David Maxwell from Radio Ulster joined June this summer (2024) in the garden for a chat about using red in the garden, and attempting to rabbit-proof the garden!
