Our Story

Coming from a strong family business background, Ruth Liddle began her career in the Irish art industry with a degree from NCAD.

With over 25 years’ experience in the Irish art & retail business Ruth established GardenSculptures.ie in 2013 to offer & expose Irish made sculptures to both the garden lover & those working in the industry. This was a natural follow on to many years working in the gallery retail area.

Ken Folan is best known for his numerous, successful large scale outdoor “Vanishing Art” exhibitions set throughout the grounds of Carton House, Maynooth, Co Kildare.

The resounding success of these exhibitions along with numerous medals won at Bloom for The Garden of Sculptures, led to Ruth & Ken collaborating in 2015 & opening The Kildare Gallery specialising in fine art painting & sculpture on the beautiful grounds of Carton House Hotel.

Since opening in 2015 the Kildare Gallery has gone from strength to strength & is now the leading supplier of garden & outdoor art in Ireland. The Kildare Gallery in 2022 became the first Irish gallery to hold an exhibition of NFT art. Annually they can be seen at Irelands Largest Garden Festival “Bloom in the Phoenix Park”, Summer shows at the beautiful Montenotte Hotel Cork & Irelands leading luxury shopping destination, Kildare Village.

We are excited to share that we are now located in Unit 102 of The Kildare Village, part of the Bicester Collection. We look forward to welcoming you in this stunning gallery space, where stunning art & great fashion can be enjoyed in this unique shopping location.