We’re Not In Kansas Anymore Asked to sum up garden in 30 measly words…ah lads!! Subject: Re: Irish Independent Supplement – URGENT Hi Louise, As requested 30 word summary– The Wizard of Oz Sanctuary garden Inspired by the classic story the public are invited to follow Dorothy over the rainbow and down the yellow brick […]
When The Ladybird Met The Putting Green… Scroll through the pictures above for a look at this lovely ‘One for all’ family garden based in Ballycullen,Dublin 24. The owners wanted a garden that would cover their individual interests, so we worked with them on creating a multifunctional area.This involved creating a Putting Green, real planting beds […]
Oz Musings Around this time most Sundays I end up in a bad mood. Having succumbed to the temptation and perusing the papers, I’m left with a furrowed brow and a niggling sense of despair. Hence – notwithstanding Leinsters narrow cut to make another final – this latest brant (kind of a blog, but mostly a rant). […]
“Its always best to start at the beginning” “Its always best to start at the beginning” – Glinda the Good Witch of the South “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” was written in 1899, two Centuries ago, by L.Frank Baum. In 1939, Warner Brothers immortalised Baum’s book.(Thus it’s in the public domain and has recently come […]
Its off to work we go.. ”There was nearly a stampede to tour the Alice in Wonderland garden, which needs no description – think curiouser and curiouser and you’ve got it, giant mushroom and all. (The) concept didn’t meet the approval of gardening purists, but then, who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel – or […]
Makeover in Kilcock We have just finished a complete facelift on a family garden in Kilcock. Pre makeover the garden was looking a little bit sad, luckily however, the family made contact with Sanctuary Synthetics and we sent our team down and turned that frown upside down! We have just finished a complete facelift on […]
Bloom Blog – Third Installment Well, my wife has just well and truly put the wind up me. “Gosh” says she, “You seemed far busier with Bloom stuff last time around”. Too true. And it’s not that I’m super relaxed or anything. Its more that, although I’m faithfully carrying around my nice black leather Bloom […]
Bloom Garden Progression OMG! Our first blog entry has already got us into trouble – sort of. The management of Sanctuary Synthetics hereby unreservedly withdraws any inference or suggestion that Monty Don is a fan or endorses artificial grass and we wholeheartedly apologise for jumping to such a conclusion. Spotted last week walking beside an artificial […]
Sanctuary and The RHS If my calculations are correct, and that is by no means a given, we have 23 days before the start of the build in Bord Bia’s Bloom Garden Festival in the Phoenix Park – with 43 days before judging. This year, for our sins, we are committed to doing a large […]
St.Michaels Castelrea We often get asked to kit out schools and creches for children with special needs. As well as being safe and clean (no matter the weather), we pride ourselves in the range and colourful features we can bring to these play areas. It’s all about the kids folks ! Click on the image […]
Tayto Park We have had a crew out battling the elements in Tayto Park recently. We suspect they have been having great craic playing Cowboys and Indians and riding the buffalo!…But seriously as you can see from the pictures, the lads have been hard at work.
We were delighted to receive a call this week from a family whose garden we installed six years ago in Dublin. We were delighted to hear that her synthetic grass is still perfect.
