Fingal Nurturing Communities Through Nature
Áit Urbanism + Landscape
Garden Sponsor
About the garden - Large garden
Sponsored by Fingal County Council, this large garden embraces the growing movement towards community gardening. It is designed as a welcoming place, where residents can meet their neighbours, build connections, and reconnect with nature.
The garden’s primary aim is to encourage residents to grow seasonal produce together, while encouraging the development of gardening skills, plant knowledge, and a strong sense of community. At its centre, a large canopy structure and propagation house is a gathering point for the sharing of seeds, skills, and stories. Accessibility and inclusion are central to the design, with raised planters at varying heights enabling people of all ages and abilities to take part.
Fingal is pioneering the development of community gardens to support the needs of its expanding and diverse communities. Following Bloom, the garden will relocate to the historic Brackenstown Walled Garden in Swords, where a community gardening group will be established.
About the designer
Designer Information
Áit Urbanism + Landscape is an award-winning landscape architecture and urban design practice based in the historic Liberties area of Dublin 8. Áit provides design and consultancy services to the private and public sectors and embraces the full spectrum of project types.
Áit is led by Daibhí Mac Domhnaill; an urban designer and landscape architect with over 10 years of professional experience within Ireland and abroad. This is Daibhí’s second garden for Bloom. He was part of a team that delivered the Green Cities Parklet feature at Bloom 2023.
About the Sponsor
Fingal County Council, the local authority located north of Dublin, serves Ireland’s fastest growing and youngest populations (329,219). Spanning rural, coastal, urban, and suburban communities from Balbriggan to Blanchardstown and Howth, it works to build a sustainable county and strengthen communities.
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