Elderflower Cordial

I think it’s officially summer when you get to sit in a sun drenched garden with a cool glass of elderflower cordial!! I have always wanted to make my own but every year… Continue reading →

Feeling Blue in the Garden

I’m feeling blue in the garden at the moment but it is the best kind of feeling blue! I am in utter love with the amazing flowers, that have just started to bloom… Continue reading →

Wordless Wednesday – Working Garden

Childhood Flowers – A Journey to the Past

A few weeks ago I started looking back on the flowers that I can remember from my childhood and ones that hold a special connection with the past for me. Surprise surprise once… Continue reading →

A Golden Beauty with a Dark Side

I think the title of this post is extremely appropriate for this particular tree! It truly is a golden beauty when it is awash with its glorious yellow flowers that droop down like… Continue reading →

Discovering an Odd Plant

On a recent trip to Castletown I decided to go explore the part of the grounds that run along the banks of the river liffey.  As it was a lovely day I thought… Continue reading →

Wordless Wednesday – Peace

Horse chestnut Trees Revisited

You may remember at the start of Spring I wrote a post about the Aesculus hippocastanum (Love that tree name!) or commonly called horse chestnut trees in UCD breaking in to bud. Well they have… Continue reading →

Poppy Cheer

Over the weekend I was in my friends house and fell in love with these orange poppies, that she has growing throughout her garden. They are just so vibrant and cheerful, I couldn’t… Continue reading →

Pink Lady

  I was on a quick walk around UCD when I wandered in to the wall garden that is associated with Belfield House. As I walked around the rather traditional walled garden that… Continue reading →