Losses increase at gardener Gavin’s businesses

Accumulated losses at companies in Ireland and the UK controlled by celebrity gardener, Diarmuid Gavin increased by €73,000 in 2011.

The best-selling author and TV presenter also became embroiled in controversy that year arising from plans to locate his awarding winning Irish Sky Garden to Cork City’s Fitzgerald Park.

Accounts filed by the UK-based Diarmuid Gavin Designs Ltd and the Irish-based Diarmuid Gavin Designs Ireland Ltd show deteriorating finances during 2011.