Paving and walling specialists, Kilsaran International, has announced an exclusive collaboration with renowned Irish garden designer and television presenter, Diarmuid Gavin, to design and produce a high-end, bespoke range of contemporary paving products and accessories for the gardening and landscaping community.
Available from February 2014, the branded ‘Diarmuid Gavin’ range, from Kilsaran, will comprise paving flags, decorative walling, decorative stone and patio bedding products along with kerb edgings and accessories and is aimed at both domestic homeowners and commerical landscapers looking for an aesthetically pleasing, design-led paving scheme, with a difference.
Combining five decades of Kilsaran paving expertise with Diarmuid's unique, trademark style and panache, each paving piece will be designed with the end result in mind, available in a designer range of colours and finishes. Giving choice and flexibility for all landscape design tastes, this new paving range promises something new and exciting for the patio, driveway and hard landscaping market.
Announcing the new partnership, Diarmuid Gavin expressed his excitement in working with Kilsaran International who boast an award-winning manufacturing facility in Dunboyne, Co. Meath, Ireland.
Speaking from his development laboratory based at Kilsaran’s headquarters, Diarmuid said: "I have ben well impressed by the Kilsaran commitment to innovation and quality and am really delighted and excited to join their team. We have being busy working together at these impressive facilities for a few months now, developing a product range which both reflects current outdoor trends and adds some totally new ideas into the mix. Our aim is to excite the consumer with the new potential of paving."
Kilsaran International, who celebrate 50 years in business in 2014, has invested significantly in tailoring its offering to homeowners. A state-of-the-art showroom opened in 2009 at the company’s Dunboyne manufacturing facility allowing customers to experience the full Kilsaran range in a series of high-impact designer show gardens.
This next generation, colourful re-branding of its paving offerings marks a new chapter in Kilsaran’s history, embracing the changing dynamics of the traditional construction industry.
Commenting on the new partnership, Kilsaran director, Roy McKeown, said: “Concrete paving has come a long way in a short space of time. Our world-class facility in Dunboyne is now manufacturing a huge range of products with innovative and unique finishes.
"Diarmuid Gavin brings an exciting wealth of experience and creativity to the Kilsaran brand, based on his renowned and gold and silver gilt medal-winning display gardens at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, and experience in creating eye-opening, fascinating gardens around the globe.
"He knows how to deliver something that’s just that little bit different. Our exciting new partnership will allow us to deliver an exclusive range of branded paving products, inspired by the ideas and individual creativity that Diarmuid brings to this process.”
Excited by the huge potential in the UK garden design market, UK sales director Rob Taylor added: “This new range promises to be the latest garden design ‘must-have’ and is already creating a buzz among our builders merchant partners.
"In parallel to product development we continue to strengthen our distributor network to ensure nationwide coverage and availability for all customers next spring.”
