Declan Buckley (designer)

Declan Buckley

Declan Buckley is a garden and landscape designer whose work has been written about in The Evening Standard,^[1] The Daily Telegraph ^[2] and The Independent.^[3] The Guardian mentions Buckley’s talent for transforming dark urban spaces.^[4] He was a speaker at the 2009 Conference 'Heavenly Gardens in Hellish Places' at Imperial College London.^[5]

His garden design column 'The Urban Plot' ^[6] appeared regularly in The Times. Images of his projects have been used to illustrate features in many books including Sharp Gardening by Christopher Holliday.^[7] His own garden was selected for the Modern Gardens Open Day on June 26, 2004 when 200 of Britain’s most exciting private gardens were opened to the public.^[8] He designed the setting for The British Library 2004-2005 exhibition 'The Writer in the Garden',^[9] showing how gardens inspired authors and how authors in their turn shaped notions of the garden.

References

1. ^ Pattie Barron,Evening Standard, "
2. ^ Elspeth Thompson, The Telegraph, 15.09.2008, "
3. ^ Chris Arnot, The Independent, 18.05.2005, "
4. ^ Martyn Cox, The Guardian, 19.04.2008, "
5. ^ Horticulture Week, Horticulture Week, 28.05.2009, "
6. ^ Declan Buckley, The Times, 15.05.2004"
7. ^ Christopher Holliday, Sharp Gardening, 1.03.2005, page 110 "
8. ^ Stephen Anderton , The Times, 12.06.2004"
9. ^ Ursula Buchan, Spectator, 13.11.2004"

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