Kerrie Gardiner

So that brings its own kind of change around in creativity, which is great to see.

On site at the moment, this, as you said, is the last day of the build.

So the pressure is on here in the Phoenix Park and hence why I didn't make it into studio.

But look, it's wonderful.

I think there's lots of kind of creative ideas.

We're seeing everyone pushing the boundaries year on year.

in terms of kind of solutions or materials and bringing new ideas to the public.

We have a very good range of gardens this year that are very DIY friendly as well, which I think is going to be great for visitors.

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Yeah, it was indeed.

And you can see that there was a lot of effort put in by all the participants.

And, you know, the standard was quite high, which makes the final judging a bit nerve wracking.

And there were some sleepless nights before we deliberated and picked the winner.

But yeah, very good standard.

Yeah, it can be.

I suppose sometimes they want to have everything in there, both by the families that the gardens are being designed for and the participants, if it's their first time to get a garden, executing it from their ideas onto paper, onto the ground.

So you're seeing this throwing everything at it and they can be guilty maybe of not editing things back.

And that's something that comes with confidence and experience that you can think, you know, we don't need to put everything into this one project.

But I do think our gardens and suburban gardens are getting a bit smaller as, you know, housing densities increase.