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"Adventurous" Carn kids impress
Gavin
22.02.08
CARNDONAGH children are
giving celebrity gardener Diarmuid Gavin "a run
for his money" in relation to his designs for a new
town park.
Gavin arrived in the North Inishowen town on
Wednesday to begin a series of consultations with
local schools and community groups - sessions that
will form the design concepts for the Barrack Hill
town park.
His visit, however, was not without controversy
after the local community and development group
claimed Donegal County Council snubbed it, by failing
to formally invite the group to the seminar.
While there has been no statement on the media storm
from the Council, InishowenNews.com understands
that, as the meeting was billed as a public meeting,
it was inherent that all sectors
of the Carndonagh community were invited. |
The TV celebrity
landscape architect will consider the thoughts of
more than 100 participants from the area before
making the final drafts of his design.
Gavin, who charmed all those who attended the event,
has teamed up with the Public Art Office and the
Community and Enterprise Section of Donegal County
Council to design and create in Carndonagh what will
be "one of Ireland’s most imaginative and ambitious
community spaces and play parks".
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Committee chairperson,
Cllr. Rena Donaghey said she was delighted to
welcome the gardening celebrity to the peninsula.
"The provision of play and recreation space is a key
priority of Donegal County Council working through
its Community and Enterprise Division," she said.
And the celebrity himself, said he had was impressed
with the ideas pitched so far. ‘I’m delighted to be
in Carndonagh working with the children to come up
with ideas for the new community garden. So far,
they have been giving me a real run for my money and
I only hope the adults will be as adventurous," he
said.
To view more pictures from Wednesday's lecture
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