Horticulturist and Garden Designer
Garden Consultancy and Garden Design

Elizabeth has 25 yrs experience in commercial horticulture and garden design. She is passionate about the creation of gardens from the tiny window box garden to the large private garden spaces and commercial projects.

Her gardens always include an area for food production and flowers for the house or business.

Through her work over the years she see the huge benefits and pleasure of gardening for her clients most of whom are busy business people needing a little therapy after a days work. What better place to get it than in the garden.

There is nothing to compare to the excitement and sheer pride and pleasure of harvesting your own food which you have sown yourself from seed.

That unforgettable flavour is in comparable to anything to you will ever be able to buy.

Have you ever eaten spuds straight from your own garden?  An experience never to be forgotten, or picked your own sweet pea flowers fresh for your home every morning?

Join Elizabeth in learning how to create your own garden and  grown your own food and flowers for your restauran

  Elizabeth O’Connell; Garden Consultancy and Design                       

            Head Gardener- Ballymaloe Cookery School and Gardens

           Lecturer Garden Maintenance-  Scoil Stiofan Naofa, Cork City & FAS Cork City

Maintenance Assistant - Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney Australia

                                    Melbourne City Council

                                    Alexandra Park, Melbourne, Australia

1984-1987                                     

Manager - Dunnes Nurseries, Durrow, Co. Laois

2009          

                        Blanchardstown College of Further Education

                                 Autocad Programme for Garden and Landscape Designers.

2005                               John Brooks School of Garden Design

                                    Art of Garden Design

1987                           John Brooks School of Garden Design

                                    Certificate in Garden Design

1982-1984                                     

An Grianan College of Horticulture, Termonfeckin ,   

                                  Certificate in Commercial Horticulture

Ability to take a garden concept and translate that into a working project i.e. drawing, measuring, designing, plant knowledge and design principles.

Managing the implementation of a garden design which involves planning, co-ordination, organisation, delegation, communication and control.

Tennis, Golf, Cycling, Visiting Gardens, Walking,