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‘This is astonishing', says RTE Super Garden judge as contestant creates ‘never done before' feature in ‘daring move'

RTE Super Garden judges have been left blown away by a contestant's 'bold statement' design. The brand-new series of Super Garden continued tonight with five new budding designers battling it out for a coveted spot at Bord Bia's Bloom in 2025. Advertisement 3 Gardener Rosie Alabaster transformed Adrian and Gabriella's home 3 The couple live in Baker Hall, Navan 3 Rosie's garden was inspired by a poem The contestants hoping to have their designs shown off at And overseeing the competition are three judges; Brian Burke, former Super Garden winner Monica Alvarez, and Carol Marks. In tonight's show, viewers met 47-year-old Rosie Alabaster from Rosie wanted to design a beautiful garden for young couple Adrian and Gabriella, and their dog Leo . Advertisement READ MORE IN SUPER GARDEN The talented designer came up with a strong concept of a garden that was inspired by WB Yeats' famous poem, Lake Isle of Innisfree. Rosie created the lake from the poem by using a large wildlife pond. The spectacular pond was the first to feature on Super Garden. Kicking off her build, Rosie was immediately left distressed when she contracted Covid, leaving her behind schedule for five days. Advertisement MOST READ IN THE IRISH SUN Thankfully Rosie's pal, Ronan kindly stepped in and began to dig out the pond area. Once she arrived to the site, Rosie got to work adding a layer of sand over the pond, to smooth it out before putting the 'fleece' on top. Joe Duffy fights back tears on air Rosie then hired a plumbing team to dig out pipes that would drain the pond around the garden. She then put down a beautiful paving which created the small, but precise, patio area. Advertisement But disaster struck when an entire bucket of paint flipped off a table and spilled all over the new patio bricks. 'DARING MOVE' Rosie's team were then forced to completely re-do the patio with new bricks, making for another lengthy set-back to the process Over the next few days, Rosie went about planting a jaw-dropping sea of trees and flowers around the pond. In the end the garden resembled a jungle area, full of greenery and colour. Advertisement Once it was finished the judges surveyed the garden, with Carol noting: 'This is astonishing, its so serene.' Monica added: 'The fact she has created a pond in an estate house is so impressive, this has never been done before. 'You are a very brave woman.' While Brian said: 'It's so new, it's a bold statement and it's a daring move.' Advertisement