A few weeks ago we set off for a trip to the incredible Sugarloaf mountain in Wicklow. In 2006 I had lived in Wicklow for a year but I had never climbed the mountain itself. Since my photographer and I were doing our write up and photographing the amazing Powerscourt gardens for my Irish Independent Weekend Magazine articles it made sense to finally climb the beautiful volcanic shaped mountain. In
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Blume design house intends to bring the highest quality of design both Inside and out and strives to create extraordinary design for the client. As an Interior Architect and Garden Designer, Leonie Cornelius draws inspiration both from the natural prairie planting styles as well as clear architectural lines and symmetries resulting in an exciting synthesis of old and new. Nature and Architecture working in perfect harmony. The design philosophy is
0Leonie has worked as the Garden Design Expert on the RTE Today show with Maura Derrane and Daithi O’ Se. She currently acts as the mentor for the five aspiring designers on the popular RTE Supergarden show.
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A few years ago the talented poet and playwright John Kavanagh approached me to collaborate on some singing for an album called ‘Words for Music’. John had taken some works of WB Yeats and set them to beautiful melodies on guitar. Coming together to record the album, the songs morphed into stunning pieces of music, some slow, some fast and together with the producer James Blennerhasset and the incredible studio
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Many people consider the humble daisy a weed but to me there is nothing more cheery than a big, bold mass of daisies. Whether growing wild in a field or planted cheekily self seeding itself in containers this plant always reminds me of warm summer days looking up into a blue sky making daisy chains. Daisies have long been associated with purity, innocence and love and this particular daisy, which
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As a little girl I dreamed about dressing up in fairytale dresses and being surrounded by the most beautiful flowers. Don’t we all? I recently got the amazing chance to play the ultimate dress up! Dressing in incredible clothing and surrounded by huge Wisteria trees, box balls with roses …. masses of every type of flower available, I closed my eyes and had to giggle. The cover style shoot was
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