Beyond The Wild Garden Gets Nominated

I have some extremely exciting news to share with you all and a great mile stone for Beyond The Wild Garden. The blog has been nominated in 6 different categories in the Blog… Continue reading →

Beyond The Garden Wall – Royal Hospital Kilmainham

As I became more and more interested in garden design and in garden history, every time I talked to someone I heard whispers of Royal Hospital Kilmainham. Every time I wondered why everyone… Continue reading →

Summing Up Four Gardens with One Flower

As  a plant addict, this week has been one of my all time favourite weeks! I have got to go to not one,two or three gardens but four! Yes, I have truly overdosed… Continue reading →

Car Park or Garden??!

Now I do not normally spend a lot of time looking around car parks, I especially don’t spend a lot of time looking at the plants around them. Normally the planting (if there… Continue reading →

An Old Family Friend

Since I have been a child the porch in this house has always been full with these lovely flowers. These are an other flower that should have a staring role in the Flowers of… Continue reading →

Wordless Wednesday – Working Garden

Plant of the Moment

I have a number of plants that I am in love with at the moment but the best has to be Solanum Crispum Glasnevin. Now I will be the first one to admit,… Continue reading →

The Power of Magnolia

On a recent class trip around UCD with my horticulture class I came across this amazing specimen of a magnolia tree planted near Belfield House. It’s a great statement tree in any garden… Continue reading →