{"id":69675,"date":"2014-07-07T14:20:57","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T13:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=69675"},"modified":"2014-07-08T10:08:31","modified_gmt":"2014-07-08T09:08:31","slug":"improve-home-lifestyle-well-feel-good-factor-strong-colourful-garden-design-blog-michael-oreilly-utv-garden-designer-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/improve-home-lifestyle-well-feel-good-factor-strong-colourful-garden-design-blog-michael-oreilly-utv-garden-designer-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Improve your home lifestyle, well-being &#038; feel good factor&#8230;&#8230; with a strong colourful garden design! a blog by Michael O&#8217;Reilly UTV Garden Designer of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent world survey about home &amp; property values in 80 countries found that 78% of property &amp; estate agents value the well groomed garden or green element of properties to be worth on average 15% of the overall property value!<\/p>\n<p>The same report suggests that if home owners invested money to employ a professional\u00a0 garden designer that the net increased value resulting in creating a beautiful garden had a fourfold financial return for every pound\/euro spent !<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cA Room for all Seasons ! \u201c<\/strong> won \u201cGold\u201d, \u201c Best in Show\u201d &amp; the UTV \u201cThe Magazine Show\u201d Garden design competition 2014<\/p>\n<p>Our recent multi-award-winning show garden at Garden Show Ireland 2014 <strong><em>\u201cA Room for all \u00a0Seasons ! \u201c<\/em><\/strong>was designed as a simple contemporary garden space ( 5m x 5m ) which could work as\u00a0 a small courtyard,\u00a0 or fit neatly in a medium or large\u00a0 garden by creating a go-to entertainment area to all al-fresco eating, entertaining &amp; funky fun place to hang out &amp; relax in ,\u00a0\u00a0 at the end of a long day ! This\u00a0 simple well designed\u00a0 rectilinear space really excited the visiting public.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-69676\" src=\"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/garden.jpg\" alt=\"garden\" width=\"600\" height=\"303\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Clever u\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A neat \u00a05x5m space,\u00a0 using natural stone, sedum &amp; herb\u00a0 wall, a funky glass refuge, colourful planting &amp; rectilinear water feature<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-69678\" src=\"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/yumy.jpg\" alt=\"yumy\" width=\"600\" height=\"263\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Blends wild planting &amp; glass structures &amp; bronze sculpture\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Acid yellow grasses purples &amp; blues create an energetic colour burst<\/p>\n<p>A small space like this is ideal as a kitchen garden for BBQ\u2019s, relaxing, entertaining night &amp; day &amp; can be built in a couple of weeks !<\/p>\n<p>This is a flavour of what can be designed locally &amp; people will spend more time at home entertaining in their new outdoor room !!!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Garden design enquiries<\/strong>: Michael O\u2019Reilly MGLDA\u00a0 <strong>The Garden Design Shop<\/strong> ( Mob ) 0044 7774 18345\u00a0 or <a href=\"mailto:michael@gdsni.co.uk\">michael@gdsni.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-69679\" src=\"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dumi.jpg\" alt=\"dumi\" width=\"600\" height=\"263\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-69680\" src=\"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dre.jpg\" alt=\"dre\" width=\"600\" height=\"366\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent world survey about home &amp; property values in 80 countries found that 78% of property &amp; estate agents value the well groomed garden or green element of properties to be worth on average 15% of the overall property value! 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