Wildlife gardening • Biodiversity education • Community climate action in Ireland
About Ciarán De Buitléar
Ciarán De Buitléar is the founder of Gardeningwell, a family-led wildlife gardening and biodiversity project based in Stamullen, County Meath, Ireland. He works with schools, youth groups, community gardens and local councils to create pollinator-friendly, chemical-free growing spaces and to give children hands-on experience with soil, food and wildlife.
Gardeningwell began during the COVID-19 lockdown, when Ciarán and his sons started posting simple seed-planting and “grow your own food” videos for people stuck at home. Those videos led to the discovery and revival of a 150-year-old Victorian walled garden, which is now used for food growing, biodiversity projects and environmental education.
The core message is simple and hopeful: every ordinary Irish garden can become a small piece of climate action.
RTÉ Nationwide — GardeningWell
National TV segment filmed in the Victorian walled garden, focusing on family-led biodiversity education, peat-free and wildlife-friendly gardening, and community climate action.
Count Me In — Irish Independent
Family-led climate action through growing food and wildlife-friendly gardening, aligned with the EU Count Us In initiative.
Garden Guru — The Irish Sun
Practical, budget-friendly gardening tips featuring GardeningWell and simple ways to create a thriving, wildlife-friendly garden without overspending.
How to get your garden blooming this winter on a budget — The Irish Sun
Seasonal advice on winter-flowering choices and low-cost techniques to keep colour and structure in the colder months.
We Can Change the World One Garden at a Time — Meath Chronicle
How ordinary Irish gardens can deliver real climate and biodiversity benefits through native planting, waste reduction and simple wildlife habitat creation.
Ciaran’s Irish Garden — Cynthia Reyes
International feature from Canada exploring your family-led Irish garden, early-season blooms, and the human story behind Gardeningwell’s approach.
Media Facts at a Glance
- Founder: Ciarán De Buitléar
- Base: Stamullen, County Meath, Ireland
- Focus: Wildlife gardening · Biodiversity education · Community growing · Climate action through gardening
- Mission: To inspire families, schools and communities to garden for wildlife — helping people grow closer while restoring biodiversity.
- Story origin: Viral lockdown seed videos → access to a neglected 150-year-old Victorian walled garden → a working biodiversity and education space.
- Community impact: Leads biodiversity and school gardening projects across County Meath; engages local children in hands-on learning about soil health, pollinators, native trees and food.
- Available for media: On-camera interviews, expert commentary, site access for filming, high-resolution stills and short-form video of pollinator-friendly gardening in practice.
Audience & Reach (October 2025)
Gardeningwell is an active, family-led voice for wildlife-friendly gardening and biodiversity. Current multi-platform audience:
- X / Twitter: ~56,000 followers
- YouTube: ~43,000 subscribers
- Bluesky: ~14,000 followers
- Instagram: ~5,000 followers
- Facebook: ~2,000 followers
- Mastodon: ~1,500 followers
Total multi-platform reach: approximately 120,000+.
These audiences actively engage with practical biodiversity content: pollinator support, peat-free growing, no-dig gardening, hedgehog habitat, and low-cost climate action at home.
Quote for Publication
“We believe every garden — no matter how small — can help restore Ireland’s biodiversity. This is something families and schools can do right now, with their own hands. It’s hopeful work.”
— Ciarán De Buitlear, Gardeningwell
Selected Media Coverage
Recent features, interviews and stories about Gardeningwell and our wildlife-friendly gardening work in Ireland. Each item links to a summary page on this site with context for producers and editors.
RTÉ Nationwide — Gardeningwell on RTÉ Nationwide
National TV feature filmed in our 150-year-old Victorian walled garden in County Meath. Focus on teaching biodiversity and food growing as a family project, and how small gardens can drive local climate action.
Broadcast feature · RTÉ One · Wildlife gardening / family-led climate action
“Ciarán’s Irish Garden” — Cynthia Reyes
A long-form profile of how Gardeningwell began: lockdown seed videos, a surprise offer of an abandoned walled garden, and how that space became a biodiversity classroom for children and the local community.
Long-form profile · Human story / place-based biodiversity
The Irish Sun — “Garden Guru”
Practical wildlife-friendly gardening advice for ordinary households. Low-cost, chemical-free, habitat-friendly gardening that families can start immediately.
Print & digital feature · Budget-friendly biodiversity tips
Meath Chronicle — “Change the World, One Garden at a Time”
How small, wildlife-friendly actions in normal Irish gardens add up to real biodiversity wins at community scale: pollinator planting, hedgehog habitat, local tree planting, and youth involvement.
Regional press · Community biodiversity / youth engagement
Meath Chronicle — “Green Fingers”
Gardening as climate action. Native planting, soil health, and teaching children to grow. Includes “Growing Together,” the Stamullen-based project helping kids raise plants and gift them to neighbours and grandparents.
Regional press · Kids / climate literacy / mental wellbeing
Irish Independent — “Count Me In”
Neighbours and schools getting involved in pollinator-friendly planting and native trees, and why local, hopeful action matters more than doom.
National press · Citizen climate action / pollinators
For full articles, broadcast clips, still images, quotes and verification, please contact us directly. We can also arrange filming / recording access at the walled garden or with participating community groups and schools.
Available for Editors / Producers
- On-camera / radio interviews on Irish biodiversity, pollinators, peat-free gardening, climate action through gardening, and involving children.
- Filming and photography access at a working 150-year-old Victorian walled garden in County Meath, plus local school and community garden projects.
- High-resolution still images (wildlife habitat features, hedgehog houses, pollinator planting, food growing, before/after biodiversity work).
- Short-form video clips suitable for social, broadcast inserts or explainer segments.
- Practical demonstration segments (how to build wildlife habitat in an ordinary Irish garden, how to grow without chemicals, peat-free, no-dig, etc.).
Use of images/video: Editorial use permitted with credit to “Gardeningwell / Ciarán De Buitlear,” unless otherwise agreed.
Press & Media Contact
Primary contact:
Ciarán De Buitlear
Stamullen, County Meath, Ireland
Phone / WhatsApp: +353 87 233 3427
Email:
For time-sensitive stories, please include “PRESS ENQUIRY” in the subject line.
For interviews, quotes, stills, footage or site access for filming, please get in touch directly.
Gardeningwell provides hopeful, practical, child-friendly climate action at garden scale. Available for national and international media, podcasts, school outreach, festivals and community events.