Peter Dowdall: All roads lead to Mallow Home & Garden Festival

'The event, at Cork Racecourse, is not so much aspirational but about actual gardens you can visualise in your own space'

Elizabeth Fearns at Mallow Home & Garden Festival last year. Picture: Dan Linehan

One of the highlights of the summer gardening calendar in this part of the world is the Mallow Home & Garden Festival.

The event, at Cork Racecourse, is a “real” show — not so much about aspirational design and more about actual gardens that you can visualise in your own space.