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MICHAEL O’REILLY MGLDA, GARDEN DESIGNER & CIVIL ENGINEER: Just Passed the MGDLA Process

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TEL: 0044 7774 183456
EMAIL: michael@gdsni.co.uk

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In 2008 Michael graduated as a Garden designer from SERC School of Horticulture, Newtownards, NI, and est’d The Garden Design Shop (2008), an ethically independent Belfast based, garden & landscape design business. Michael has completed numerous designs both in the RoI & NI, & been invited recently to work on design briefs for both UK mainland & an international client.
1987 Michael graduated as a Civil engineer & has worked initially as a site & measurement engineer, graduating to Site Agent, project managing many high profile & challenging UK heavy civil engineering projects valued £0.25-£4.5M, (1987-2000), & honed many skills including contract management, site organisation, manpower & plant management, difficult sites, solving contractual & build programme issues & was responsible for preparing & agreeing many site final build measurement accounts & preparing claims for agreement & arbitration.
Est’d 1998, the Belfast based award winning building, light civil’s & landscape company Design & Construct Partnership Ltd. Build achievements include Ulster Rugby’s new Invalidity Stand at Ravenhill, bespoke houses, domestic extensions, garden rooms & many beautiful commercial & private family gardens. Since 2007, DCP have built five award winning show gardens.
Aug 2011 Michael submitted a large NI themed show garden design ‘Titanic Dreams’ for RHS Chelsea 2012 (£280k)
Why choose Michael?
• Good listening skills …….. quick to see client’s key aspirations
• takes time to study site genius, culture & assess clients likes/dis-likes
• Equally comfortable designing contemporary or themed gardens
• Experienced solving difficult sites, bad ground/ drainage/ steep site problems.
• Good Client/designer relationship key & will concept design quickly….
• Produce a well thought out, colourful & energetic conceptual designs
• Produces strong 3-D sketches, Mood boards & Perspective sketches
• Will produce a strong Master plan or part-plan design
• Incorporate contemporary garden offices, studios, sun-rooms
• Can re-design house / kitchen zones, seamlessly blended in with your new garden
• Produce accurate pre-tender garden build estimates
• Can specify all hard materials & planting plans to concept a whoa factor
• Michael personally project manages all builds
• Planting maintenance schedule

Working quickly and efficiently we are always looking for the next award winning client project