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ISSUE N O.6
MAY 2022
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IRISH LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE
INSTITIÚID TÍRDHREACHA NA hÉIREANN
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Asuni, is providing an online course on Lands Design, for Irish Landscape Institute members. The aim of this webinar is to review its Landscape design and modelling tool which is enhanced with the use of BIM technology in landscape architecture. Lands Design is a plugin in 2 versions available for AutoCAD and for Rhino. The session lasts 45 minutes and will introduce the following content: ● Topography and Terrain modelling tools: It will explain how to generate terrain from point clouds, 3D curves, or import them only by indicating your project location on the map. ● Vegetation: It will show how to integrate plant species in landscape projects with no limits of shape and design. The plant database includes more than 2000 species with representations in 3D and 2D, ready for rendering, exporting plans with possibility of the season and growth simulation. ● 2D Documentation: tools for generating setting out plans, zoning, quantity takeoff lists, etc. ● Hardscape tools and block library. ● Animation tools: Will review the virtual tour, render and animation video. Webinar - June 9 1:00 - 2:00 pm for more information CLICK HERE
THE INTERVIEW
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BLOOM GARDEN
KERRY GARDINER
HAWTHORN SP.
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Caroline Elliott Kingston UCD Head of Horticulture Experience at Bloom
Landscape Architect and Show Garden and Horticulture Features Manager of Bloom
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Without her involvement, the story would still remain untold in garden form.
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BLOOM GARDEN
The 2019 garden was a collaboration with UCD archaeologist Associate Professor Meriel McClatchie. Demonstrating almost 10,000 years of Irish diet history, including animalbased foods, through the medium of plants was not easy. The educational message was critical and the garden needed to be of show quality. Four UCD Landscape Architect students were recruited to assist with the design; John McCord, Ciaran Rooney, Hannah Johnston and Niamh Conlan. Their vision and talent, combined with our academic knowledge and research results, transformed history into a living, informative exhibition.
Designing large concept gardens for Bord Bia’s Bloom is an exciting challenge, especially when the purpose is to provide a strong educational message. I have been involved in two such gardens. Success always depends upon team effort. As the only person common to both projects, I worked with completely different teams but each team was critical to success. In both gardens, my journey began when I was approached to turn an educational concept into a reality. As project manager, my first task was to identify suitable landscape architects/ designers who could turn concepts into reality.
2016 UCD Evolution of Land Plants Garden brief: Explain the complex topic of land plant evolution over the past half billion years, and the critical importance of plants to all life on Earth. DOI:10.1002/ppp3.10227 - Awarded Gold Medal and Best in Category.
For both projects, other key stakeholders included main contractors who were members of ALCI, plant suppliers and growers, materials providers (wooden structure, metalwork, ponds), archaeological illustrators, and funders (UCD with support from Bord Bia). Marketing increased impact, important for our strong educational message but also for designers to showcase their work, and in this we were supported by UCD and Bord Bia. Finally, where would any show garden be without volunteers? Steered by Dave Thomas, they willingly plugged all the gaps and were hugely appreciated. Ultimately, neither garden would have existed without Bord Bia’s Bloom team, including Gary Graham and Kerrie Gardiner, and of course the viewing public who provide the very reason for such an undertaking.
2019 UCD History of the Irish Diet in Plants Garden brief: Demonstrate changes in the Irish diet since Ireland earliest settlements c.10,000 years ago, through visually displaying the move from wild foraged and locally grown foods to our modern diet of Irish grown and imported exotic foods. - Awarded Silver Gilt Medal. DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2021.1329.11 In the 2016 garden, finding someone who could translate the complex story of a half billion years of Earth’s plant evolutionary history into a 200 square metre garden was a formidable
A challenge of show gardens is that they are often not reused in whole or part. Sustainability of our gardens was very important to UCD. The 2016 garden was relocated to UCD campus where it is used as an outdoor classroom to teach botany and horticulture. It is hoped that the rear panels of the 2019 garden will go on public display in a DLRCC public park this summer. Long after Bord Bia’s Bloom Festival ended, the educational message continues to be shared with the public.
task. Clarity of the educational message was a priority, yet the garden had to be beautiful for public satisfaction and medal potential. Nicola Haines of Tierney Haines Architects and I worked together to design the layout and planting plan. As a botanist and horticulturist, I understood plant evolution and the key plants involved, and as a landscape designer, Nicola could tell the amazing story in a visually accessible and beautiful way.
Article by: Dr. Caroline Elliott Kingston UCD Head of Horticulture IRISH LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE INSTITIUID TIRDHREACHA NA HEIREANN
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