Sculpture in the Park – Large Show garden
Ruth Liddle & Ken Folan
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About the Garden - Large Show garden
Back at Bord Bia Bloom for a ninth year, the Sculpture in the Park large feature garden takes you on an imaginative journey along crisscrossed paths that are rich in wonder and colour.
The garden combines living materials and static art to create a welcoming, contemporary landscape. Art on display includes many small- to large-scale sculptures created in metals such as bronze, copper, steel, and a unique medium of bog oak.
The art is nestled against a backdrop of Velvet Moon and Elegans Hostas, Garvinea Sweet Love, a selection of Saphora Japonica multi-stems, and both large and dwarf multi-stem pines. The richness of planting, married with the variety of the sculptures’ mediums, finishes and sizes, creates a unique viewing experience around every turn.
About the Designer
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A graduate of the National College of Art & Design, Ruth Liddle worked in glass studios in New Zealand before she returned home to work in Irish galleries and craft businesses.
Passionate about garden sculpture, she met Ken Folan in 2014, who is best known for his large scale outdoor Vanishing Art exhibitions. Together they launched The Kildare Gallery which is now located in a gallery space in Kildare Village.
This is Ruth and Ken’s ninth sculpture garden at Bord Bia Bloom. Their first show garden, designed by Ingrid Swan, won a gold medal in 2014.
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