Diarmuid Gavin

Diarmuid Gavin is Ireland's best known gardener and his TV shows have attracted huge audiences and made him a household name in the UK and Ireland. He has won several medals at the Chelsea Flower Show, including a gold in 2011 for his 'Irish Sky Garden'. In July 2016 the National Trust in the UK announced that they had commissioned Diarmuid to plan a contemporary garden at the Gibside estate in Newcastle, their first contemporary garden commission. Gibside was the home of the Bowes-Lyon family...See more

Diarmuid Gavin is Ireland's best known gardener and his TV shows have attracted huge audiences and made him a household name in the UK and Ireland. He has won several medals at the Chelsea Flower Show, including a gold in 2011 for his 'Irish Sky Garden'. In July 2016 the National Trust in the UK announced that they had commissioned Diarmuid to plan a contemporary garden at the Gibside estate in Newcastle, their first contemporary garden commission. Gibside was the home of the Bowes-Lyon family and it was the current queen's mother who presented the keys of the estate to the National Trust. His previous books include Design Your Garde n, Outer Spaces , Diarmuid Gavin's Big Ideas and an autobiography published in 2010. See less