Pádraigín agrees gardening is new rock 'n' roll
GARDENING has been described as the new rock ‘n’ roll but for Cork secondary school teacher Pádraigín O’Donoghue, gardening has been a hobby long before it became fashionable. O’Donoghue is the organiser of the Galway Garden Festival which takes place this weekend. The garden festival has been described by celebrity gardener Diarmuid Gavin, as “one of the best, if not the best, in these islands.”
The festival takes place in the grounds of Pádraigín’s brother’s castle, Claregalway Castle. Eamon O’Donoghue, an eye surgeon at Galway University Hospital, bought the castle 15 years ago, saving it from near collapse through a restoration programme started in 2003. The castle is not open to the public during the festival but can be visited other times of the year.
