Welcome to my website, which I hope will give some idea of what I do.
Having qualified as an architect
from the National University of Ireland in 1968 and as a garden designer
with the John Brooke's School of Garden Design in 1984 I then set up my
own practice as an architect, interior designer and garden landscaper.
For a number of years I ran a specialist shop, the Garden Furnishing Company
and a landscape company, the Traditional Gardening Company.
To raise the public profile of garden design in Ireland, together with
other design colleagues I established the Garden and Landscape Designers
Association and was its first chairman. It is now the professional organisation
for Garden Designers in Ireland.
Since leaving Dublin 12 years ago to live in the country, I have concentrated
solely on my landscape practice
My work reflects both my architectural and gardening background. I like
to provide a strong structural base within a garden and to soften this
with naturalistic planting.
Country gardens both traditional and modern are my forte. I am passionate
about using good perennial plants, and naturalizing bulbs with native
and interesting exotic trees. I love to design unusual garden buildings,
often using salvaged materials to create follies, towers, garden rooms
and glasshouses. If possible I like to introduce water features such as
lakes, rills and pools as the sound of water is soothing and refreshing
even in our less than sunny climate!
Gardens are both an extension of our homes and of our personalities and
should sit easily with both. I believe they should be dateless and should
fit comfortably with the house and the surrounding countryside.
Design philosophy
"It is very so easy to inadvertently change the pattern of our landscape
during construction. It is important to preserve what is good and attractive
about our landscape and to improve it as needed so that the mixed heritage
that our generation has inherited will be passed on with complimentary
additions to following generations. My aim is to create and leave behind
a landscape that is recognisably what it was before which was attractive
but incorporating what is needed to suit our livestyle today…. preferably
a light foot-print rather than a heavy boot-print!"
Gardens open by appointment: Contact angelajupe@iol.ie Tel: 00353 0505 47766