Renewed Blooms — working with Kenoteq on circular design

https://www.kenoteq.com/renewed-blooms-garden-at-bord-bia-bloom-dublin

I’m really pleased to share that Renewed Blooms, the show garden I designed for the European Commission at Bord Bia Bloom, has been featured by Kenoteq.

This garden was about testing an idea rather than making a big statement. What happens if you slow things down. If you work with what’s already there. If you design something that feels calm and usable, not just eye-catching for a few days in June.

A few things sat at the heart of the project:

• Using materials that already had a previous life, and being open about that

• Letting structure and layout do the heavy lifting, not surface finishes

• Designing a space that feels good to spend time in, not just good to photograph

• Making choices that still make sense once the show is over

Kenoteqs work around reuse and low-carbon materials sits neatly alongside how I approach garden design — practical, long-term, and grounded in real-world use rather than theory.

If you’re interested in how waste materials can be rethought and used in genuinely useful ways, it’s well worth spending time on their site. There’s a lot there that goes far beyond this one project and into how buildings and landscapes might be put together more sensibly in the future.

👉 Take a look at Kenoteq’s work here: https://www.kenoteq.com

What I enjoyed most during Bloom were the conversations.

People weren’t just asking what plants were used, but where materials came from, what would happen to them next, and how these ideas could translate into everyday gardens.

That’s the bit that matters to me. When a garden prompts curiosity rather than just admiration.