Interview

Diarmuid Gavin on sea swimming, putting down roots and designing a garden fit for a king

The stunning Coronation Garden in the North, built to celebrate the crowning of Britain’s King Charles, is just one of many exciting projects the renowned garden designer is digging into, many of which are now closer to home

Diarmuid Gavin at his home in Kilmacanogue, Co Wicklow. Picture: Marc O'Sullivan

If you count yourself among Diarmuid Gavin’s 103,000 Instagram followers, you may already be up to speed with the mechanical ins and outs of the designer’s coronation project at Hazelbank Park. Located just north of Belfast at Newtownabbey, Gavin’s latest design was built in time for the crowning of Britain’s King Charles III. Since then, the Coronation Garden has been opened to the public and visited by the new king and queen on their recent ...