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The following is a selection of recent articles written about the Dillon Garden by various gardening journalists.
- Axis Power - Catherine Fitzgerald
A garden designer, Helen Dillon, has reinvented her Dublin garden -
replacing the lawn with a striking, modern canal.
From House and Garden, May 2002.
- Marriage
of Minds - and Green Fingers - Dermot O'Neill
The name Helen Dillon is well known, even outside gardening circles. She
is Ireland's gardening ambassador, with a great reputation abroad.
But behind the successful gardener there is a supportive partner...
From The
SundayTimes
- Make Light of Winter's Dark Shadow - Helen Dillon
The garden is littered with tea-cups abandoned in icy showers. Muddy trails
lead along the paths, up the steps to the front door, and through
the house to the phone. Leaves swirl fitfully, undecided where to
settle. Hands are chapped...
From Helen Dillon on Gardening
- Helen's Heaven - Robin Lane Fox
Surrounding Helen Dillon's elegant 1830s house in Dublin are effervescent borders
of pinks, reds and blues. As Robin Lane Fox discovers, hers is a garden
painted with bold artistry and a plantsman's feel for harmony and
balance.
From the Gardens
Illustrated , July/August, 2000
- How
does her garden grow? - Eileen Battersby
Gardening, once seen in Ireland as a fuddy-duddy pursuit, is now trendy, and
'okay to do', says Helen Dillon, who is to be honoured by the Royal
Horticultural Society in June. Eileen Battersby tours the glories
of the Dillon garden and can't resist running her fingers through
the compost
From the Irish
Times, 20 January, 2000
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