How to Train Your Dragon Garden – Concept Show Garden
Tünde Perry and Barry Kavanagh
Garden sponsor
About the garden - Concept garden
The How to Train Your Dragon Garden reflects the beautiful natural landscapes of Northern Ireland, where this live-action film was made. The garden incorporates a flavour of the region’s natural features, which are depicted in the film.
At the centre of this medium show garden is the beloved character, the dragon Toothless, who is depicted in sculpture. The planting scheme is rich with Irish native plants and creates a woodland scene with Scots pines, silver birches, oaks, native shrubs like guelder roses and elder, plus a tapestry of mosses, ferns, and foxgloves.
The garden is brought to Bloom in celebration of the live-action reimagining of ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ which opens in Irish cinemas on June 9th.
About the Designers
Designer Information
Tünde Perry is a garden designer who is dedicated to nature. She studied landscape design in Senior College Dun Laoghaire before pursuing a degree in Landscape Architecture at the University of Gloucestershire. Tünde’s creations combine practicality, beauty and harmony with innovative solutions, reflecting her artistic awareness of colour and form. She has won numerous ‘Best in Category’ Awards for her Bloom show gardens.
Barry Kavanagh is a multi-award-winning natural landscape designer, teacher and social entrepreneur. He has won many awards at Bloom, including two gold medals, a Designers’s Choice Award and a People’s Choice award.
About the Sponsor
Universal Pictures Ireland presents ‘How to Train Your Dragon’, a stunning live-action film from three-time Oscar® nominee and Golden Globe winner Dean DeBlois. Filmed in Northern Ireland, ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ is in cinemas on June 9th.
What is planned for this garden after Bloom?
The planting from this garden will be used in a rewilding project after the festival. The sculpture will be used in the marketing campaign for the film.
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