Peter Donegan (landscape architect) and Dermot Bannon (build architect) who will team up for RTE Television’s Room to Improve with Julian Benson (Julian Benson Cystic Fibrosis Foundation) above, at the launch of a mammoth build schedule and tv special for RTÉ One television. Above: Peter Donegan receiving award in Melbourne from The International Greenspace Award from The Australian Institute of Horticulture for his inspirational designs in Ireland and at Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show below, with OMC Technologies who will build the mammoth structure to the rear garden of the ..read more

We are delighted to confirm that world renowned Horticulturist & multi award-winning Garden Designer Peter Donegan MSGD will be joining us this coming Friday for the launch of Redux at Gibson Paving – Paving & Outdoor Living Specialists. Fresh off the plane from Melbourne International Flower Show, Peter Donegan MSGD will be talking about his recent accolades along with an exclusive Q&A with the decorated Garden Designer. Join us on Friday at Gibson Paving in Portglenone, Northern Ireland for a fantastic launch event. The event is open to all Garden Designers, Landscapers, Contr ..read more

It is with great pleasure that The Australian Institute of Horticulture have presented landscape architect Peter Donegan with the inaugural AIH Green Space International Art in Horticulture award. Presented to Garden Designer Peter Donegan MSGD by AshWalker and Clarence Slockee on behalf of The Australian Institute of Horticulture Inc. at A Moment In Time, the show garden Donegan designed at Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show 2024, constructed by Semken Landscaping Pty Ltd. To quote President Alan Burrell, “From your Bamstone Show Garden last year to ‘A Moment in Time’ at this ..read more

Designed by Peter Donegan and built by Semken Landscaping, ‘A Moment in Time‚ presented by Daisy’s Garden Supplies has been awarded the People’s Choice Award for the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show 2024. The nine day build featured show garden is story of an Air Force veteran who returns to a place he hoped to be able to recall home and aims to show what is when there is no head stone to one who has not fallen and, though a body is not lost, there remains a mind that can never be the same as it was prior. The garden features a fragmented path winding to an aged, grassed roof w ..read more

By invitation of Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne Victoria, Australia – A Guest Lecture: Garden Designer Peter Donegan MSGD and Contractor Martin Semken. Date: 7pm Thurs 14 March 2023 Further details: Location: Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Muller Hall (entry via Oak Lawn Gate) -Refreshments from 5.30pm Friends $20 and Non-Members $30 Tickets via website: www.rbgfriendsmelbourne.org Having won gold at MIFGS Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show 2023 with The Bam Stone Garden, their most difficult build and design ever – Irish landscape architect Peter Donegan and Vi ..read more

By invitation of Ferney Creek Horticultural Society, Victoria, Australia – A Guest Lecture: Garden Designer Peter Donegan And Contractor Martin Semken Date: 7pm Thurs 14 March 2023 Further details: – website: www.fchs.org.au – instagram: ferneycreekhorticulturalsociety – facebook: fernycreekhorticulturalsociety Having won gold at MIFGS, @melbflowershow Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show 2023 with The Bam Stone Garden, their most difficult build and design ever – Irish landscape architect and Victoria finest Landscape Contractor Martin Semken are back together at The Royal Exhibiti ..read more

When discussing child proteges the first name that often comes to mind is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The 18th century Salzburg superstar was a talented pianist, violinist and composer by the age of five. Dublin-based Landscape Architect Peter Donegan certainly wouldn’t compare himself to Wolfgang, but he does share some similarities. He too, was an early starter, but he happily describes his young self as “nerdy and geeky”, rather than anything as pompous as a “protégé”. ’Man With The Golden Touch’ by Scott MacCallum first appeared in Landscaping Matters Magazine issue 3, 2023. The facts are t ..read more

Peter Donegan will return to Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show 2024 (MIFGS) to design his second show garden there since winning Gold medal April 2023. The Southern Hemispheres largest and most prestigious flower show is hosted at the UNESCO world heritage Royal Exhibition Building Carlton Gardens and Irelands leading garden designer Peter Donegan will once again team up with landscape contractor Martin Semken of Semken Landscaping Pty Ltd . The name of the main featured show garden, ’An Chroí Briste, is the story of a former military pilot who returns to a place he hoped to be a ..read more

Delighted to announce that post my keynote speaking at Australian Institute of Horticulture Inc. conference and, awards Cairns 27th October 2023, I will be returning to Melbourne, specifically The University of Melbourne (who have sponsored the venue) Burnley Campus, where I spoke this March. Book tickets: Peter Donegan Garden Design Talks at Melbourne University 2023 What a humbling honour it is to return to one the most beautiful cities I ever had the honour to realise a gold medal winning show garden and to meet with you who made even more special, again. My sincerest thanks to you all wh ..read more

It is always humbling to read the thoughts of another on my work in this case of the gardens I designed at Historial de la Grande Guerre Château de Péronne in The Australian Institute of Horticulture Hort Insights magazine. I think, that view matters just a bit much more when it’s from a fellow professional. Have a read below….. My thanks as always for your excellent work Alan Burnell, Andrew Prowse & Jason Summers. And notable are the reads of the work by Clare Isles on biodiversity, Damon Abdi, Ph.D. at Louisiana State University Agriculture Centre and of ecological restoration work by ..read more