PRESS ARCHIVE

Sunday Times Article
Hunting Brook Gardens have been featured in the August 18, 2007 issue of the Sunday Times magazine.
Gardens Illustrated by Helen Dillon

Helen Dillon visits the home of Jimi Blake, one of Irelands most exciting plantsmen, to find out what inspires him.

Photographs: Jane Sebire
-Article from Gardens Illustrated


Gardeners World

It would take more than a very steep slope to discourage Jimi Blakes vision for a dynamic naturalistic garden, as Helen Dillon discovers. Photos by Jerry Harpur.
-Article from Gardener's World, September 2006


The English Garden Magazine

On the side of a mountain in Wicklow, Jimi Blake has created a suprisingly cutting-edge garden sourced from forays far and wide.

Article from the English Garden.
Photographs: Charles Hawes
Words: Stephen Anderton
-Article from the English Garden


The Guardian

A gardener's passion for ornamental grasses has led to a spectacular merging of natives and exotic varieties on a plot of Irish farmland, discovers
Decland Buckley. – The Guardian Weekend, 9th September 2006.


Irish Garden Article

The Irish Garden ran a story on Huntingbrook gardens in May 2005.

Words: Shirley Lanigan
Photographs: Jimi Blake
-Article from The Irish Garden, May 2005 


Life in Wicklow & Kildare Article

One To Watch – local business in profile. Mary D'Arcy takes a stroll through the lush and abundant Huntingbrook Gardens.
-Article from Life In Wicklow and Kildare, August 2008.


Garden Visit

It would take more than a very steep slope to discourage Jimi Blake's vision for a dynamic, naturalistic garden, as Helen Dillon discovers.
- BBC Gardeners' World Magazine, September 2006.

Irish Times Magazine

This is an article from the Irish Times Magazine dated June 2nd 2007.

Words: Michael Kelly
Photographs: Brenda Fitzsimons
-Article from Irish Times Magazine, June 2007


Good Gardens Guide 2007

-Article reproduced from the Good Garden Guide 2007

 


Something new and different – Lorna Hogg meets Jimi Blake, a plantsman who has not only created his own garden – he teaches in it as well.
- RTE Guide, Autumn 2004.

The House That Jimi Built

Marianne Heron visits a Wicklow home where a gardener has taken root.
- Irish Independent (Life), 22nd June 2004


At a grassroot level, learning can be so simple.

Courses at an ancient woodland farm in Wicklow could put your gardening life back into shape, says Helen Rock.
- Sunday Tribune, 25th January 2004