Tour of the New Dillon Garden – Ireland's best known gardener
Tour of the New Dillon Garden – Ireland's best known gardener
I am delighted to bring you on this tour of Helen Dillon’s new garden in Monkstown, Dublin. Helen is Ireland’s best known gardener and we’ve all been dying to see what she has done in her new space.
The garden is open to the public Monday to Friday from 10am-1pm ,by appointment only until the end of September 2029.
www.Dillongarden.com
Here’s a list of the plants mentioned in the video…
Celmisia semicordata ‘David Shackleton’
Verbena bonariensis
Agave bracteosa
Agave parryi
Agave americana ‘Mediopicta Alba’
Schefflera sp.
Salvia confertiflora
Canna ‘Cleopatra’
Sonchus sp.
Arundo donax
Dendroseris litoralis & Lobelia fistulosa
Erigeron karvinskianus
Clematis x durandii
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Ayesha’
Tibouchina urvilleana
Salvia ‘Royal Bumble’
I invite you to join in our collaborative growing. Grow a plant to remember my son, Josh! #GrowitforJosh #CollaborativeGrowing
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Your garden helpers are hilarious. Awesome Intro 😊
Simply WOW! She is a genius!
Beautiful garden with so many different species-thank you for sharing.
lovely hope we have also the seeds flowering plants to florish our garden.
I felt like I was watching a geographic channel lol, your voice is so soothing and beautiful, this garden is goals ❤️, greetings from Zambia.
Hi Rachel, what a lovely garden your friend has. It looks like a mini botanical. I love it. Thanks for taking us along!!
‘Amina’s secret garden’ is a great channel
Thank you Rachel for sharing an inspiring garden and some of the plant names. It gave me a few extra names to add to my wish list! Have a quick question, maybe you can help. To the right handside of that purple Clematis your son likes there’s a few pink flower spikes. Do you know what that is? A similar one appears on the video on 1:20 minutes. There’s a pink one at the front and slightly dark pink or red one behind it, quite tall flower spikes actually. I’m in love with these two plants, don’t know their names… 🤤🥰
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Racheal and big kids , I so enjoyed this video. What a treat.🤗
What a beautiful garden. So many beautiful plants I have never seen before here in the US in Virginia zone 7. I loved the tour❤️❤️❤️
I didn’t know verbena bonarensis could grow that tall! The combination with the similar colour Japanese anemone in front of it goes so well. I like that variegated leaf agave, it is striking and unique looking. That purple clematis is really nice too, I like the cluster of yellow stamens in each flower. Finally, about that ornamental butterfly on the wall – have been seeing a lot of that type it depicts flying about and on flowers where I am up near Belfast. They do like dandelion-family plants like that cosmos and the calendula I have and its great seeing such a showy flower as that with a butterfly on it.
A treat indeed. Perfect timing as I’m busy planning for next year 😊
Thank so much for sharing. The plant list is very helpful too👌👌💜
Thanks Rachel for taking us to see Helen’s garden! So many beautiful August plants in full flower! Makes you think the garden is dedicated to that month only! Super video🙂
Somebody has a lot of money
Absolutely beautiful!
Thank you for taking us on this trip. I live in Meath and I’m struggling to find a good garden supplier, do you have any suggestions as to where to get all these lovely plants.
Magnificent!!!
Great garden! Thanks
Masks in open air??? Crazy.
What a beautiful garden and a calming video. Thank you
Beautiful garden…ty for sharing from the USA in Maryland. I so enjoy your garden and your tours of others garden’s so inspiring
you havent got covid and helen hasnt got covid, then why the mask. justasking. …lol…
Very nice, thank you
Finally. Lovely garden,must see someday!!
Thank you so much for the lovely tour! Could I please ask you what plant that is at 5:55 in the video? It is the green plant with the pink blooms. I cannot tell if it is growing on or just up the wall. Thank you, again.
Just lovely!
I live in the Sonoran desert in Southern Arizona in the USA. All types of agave grow here😀
This garden is very nice, but I absolutely LOVE your garden. I remember the first video I saw of your garden – a tour in July. Absolutely stunning. Thank you for your channel. I really enjoy your content and your gardens. One day when we can travel again, I would love to come to Ireland and visit your gardens.
You’ve inspired me a bit! I decided just the other day that I was going to take the course in my state (US here) to become a "Master Gardner" with all the knowledge of pests, grow patterns, etc. I primarily have houseplants but want to do a little something with my small front yard so I want to understand more about plants beyond grow zone and hardiness. You just now re-affirmed by decision when you said "pruning group 3" as I have no idea what that means even a little bit. I can’t wait for the course sign-ups in November!
Gorgeous colour combinations and some unusual plants adding interest. Very nice. Great tour.
beautiful garden!
Jolie promenade en famille 🙂 Bonne soirée !
Absolutely delightful garden such an inspiration. thank you for taking us on your visit. Hope to see it for myself in the near future. Xx
Your children are very happy people, I’m jealous.
So beautiful. Wishing for one…
You where given a plantlist why not let us know what plant we where looking at?🌻🌼🌷🌹🍁🍀
Beautiful garden! I was wondering what material she used for the paths. Is it consolidated gravel? I’m thinking if it’s a show garden open to the public it would have to be suitable for wheel chair access.
There is no doubt of Helens capabilities right from the first sight of her garden. I so enjoyed the layout, the selection of plants, some I had never seen before, and… the colour. I have no doubt I will be returning in winter months to watch this video again. Rachel you certainly knew this would be the eye candy we were looking for. Thank you Helen and Rachel.
what kind of climber is blooming pink 5:52
Wow this is great. I love these garden tours
The advantages of growing a second garden after many years of experience. The result is fabulous❤️
She had a spacious greenhouse in her garden! In every winter, does she implant all the tropical plants, which are easy to be frozen, in the container or pot and move them all into the greenhouse? I wonder how she manages the plants in winter.
Oh my gosh everything is so lush. I could be there for hours. Thanks for sharing.
So beautiful nature
Absolutely fabulous! Thank you 🧡
Hello Rachel, this is a lovely garden! thank you for sharing.
Corbin
A walk in the garden is a very interesting thing and full of new dreams in life #riskalive
Love your garden Rachael! Your stands of alstroemeria is stunning! I’ve always loved this plant so I’m trying this year to overwinter it in eastern Canada. We’ll see if with global warming we can do it. We visited Ireland I believe in 2012 with my father (my mom wanted so much to go to Ireland as on her mother’s paternal side they were from the Kildare region) but with health issues, she passed before she was able to do it. My husband & I both loved Ireland so much, we hope to travel there again, as we did a bus tour for about 12 days and didn’t get to see the interior of the island. We did get an overnight stay at Wexford but of course had no chance to visit your lovely garden. It is absolutely gorgeous. If we get back there, pandemic allowing, I would love to see it in person. It was only after seeing UK and watching BBC shows on UK gardening that I saw so many plants. And then realized that many of the nurseries here offer them. p.s. love that crazy John Lord. And of course the other notable, Brendan O’Carroll as Mrs. Brown. The only thing better than Irish comedy is Newfoundland, where so many Irish settled. I dare say Newfoundland in some parts is more Irish than Ireland. So you must visit this side of the Atlantic Ocean some time. You’d be amazed how welcoming the Atlantic Provinces of Canada are, very similar to Ireland in warmth & welcoming.