Celebrating the best in Irish Horticulture

This post was meant to appear weeks ago so it may seem very strange to be talking about an event that happened awhile ago now. I had wrote it and planned for it… Continue reading →

Paul’s Patch – An Introduction

This year as well as sharing my own adventures down my vegetable patch, I will be joined on Beyond The Wild Garden by two other people who will be sharing their growing experiences… Continue reading →

Community Gardens in Ireland

I have always been interested in community gardens and the idea behind them. For me they mean a space that a community works on together and through doing this not only does it… Continue reading →

Beyond The Garden Wall – Farmleigh Sunken Garden

Not too long ago I shared a post that had got forgotten in the depths of Beyond The Wild Garden’s drafts. It was about the brilliant walled gardens at Farmleigh House in Dublin. For anyone… Continue reading →

Beyond The Garden Wall – Farmleigh Walled Garden

While poking around my blog, I noticed that I had a number of posts in draft that I never actually published! So it may seem very strange talking about these gardens in the… Continue reading →

A look back over an exciting 2013

It is very hard to believe that it is already 2014! It feels as though it was only September a few days ago! For my first blog post of 2014 I said I would… Continue reading →

A cloud of flowers

I think a cloud is the best way to describe this plant! It really does look like a cloud of flowers billowing out from the back of the flower bed. I love how… Continue reading →

Hydrangea in Bloom

I think hydrangea flowers are just a spectacular flower. The flowers look great throughout the entire year. I particularly love them when they are just opening. White flowers are great to watch as… Continue reading →

Clematis with a Difference

I am a massive fan of all types of clematis and have a few different ones growing in my own garden but I thought they were all the same. I thought they all… Continue reading →

Garden Blogger Hall of Fame – Please Vote Beyond The Wild Garden

Just when I thought my week couldn’t get any better it just did! On the back of being nominated in six different categories at the Blog Awards Ireland I got some very exciting… Continue reading →