Someone had to be first and Diarmuid was brilliant for stepping up. He will always have a special place in my heart for saying Yes!
Welcome to the very first episode of 6 Photographs.
My guest today is Diarmuid Gavin. Diarmuid is a garden designer, a TV personality, and a podcaster. He's created nine gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show between 1995 and 2016, as well as presenting it on several occasions. and he is also written our co-written over 20 gardening books with the latest one Gardening Together, going to number one in the bestseller chart, we started with a quick photo shoot, and then we sat down to talk.
Diarmuid talked about a lot of things including; The Chelsea Flower Show, Terence Conran, Alan Titchmarsh, John Major, Monie Begley, Noelle Campbell-Sharp, Terry Keane, Stephen O'Leary, and more.
Photograph #1. Dad 01:29
Photograph #2. Terence Conran 04:47
Photograph #3. Monie Begley 10:25
Photograph #4. Chelsea Gold 14:11
Photograph #5. Noelle Campbell-Sharp 21:24
Photograph #6. Diarmuid's Garden 26:17
You can see the photographs we're talking about by clicking on this link:
6 Photographs Podcast
Diarmuid's Instagram page is @diarmuidgavin
His current best selling book, with my lovely cover photograph (and more inside) is Gardening Together
The potter he speaks of is Stephen O'Leary at Fermoyle Pottery
The Artist Retreat he speaks about is Cil Rialaig Arts Centre