Dahlia Delight

People are used to having guilty pleasures. Be it a bar of chocolate or watching tv at night. For gardeners however guilty pleasures tend to be plants. And mine is dahlias. While many… Continue reading →

Bloom Show Garden Highlights

Bloom has just finished its five day run of plants, gardens and food in the Phoenix Park Dublin. With approximately 100,000 visitors even the mixed weather could not turn visitors away from heading… Continue reading →

The First Sign of Spring

Many gardeners will have noticed spring slowly creeping in to their gardens over the past few weeks; as plants start to form small buds full of hope for the coming months. For me… Continue reading →

Dealing with the aftermath

My recent Kildare Post column, which you can find below, dealt with dealing with the aftermath of Storm Rachel. While my own garden escaped with minimal damage from the high winds the rest… Continue reading →

A look back at 2014

Given that the  blog has been a bit rather quiet since all the Christmas festivities it is time to come back with a bang. And what better than a look back at some of… Continue reading →

Turning leaves in to gold

For some gardeners out there this time of year marks the great battle to collect every leaf that falls in their garden. As I have said before I am advocate of leaving the… Continue reading →

A Garden Escapee

With the past week being so damp and over-cast and you’d be surprised to find any shred of brightness in the garden. Luckily you would be wrong and there are a few delights… Continue reading →

About Your Garden Grand Opening

When you think about Kilcock you do not often think of it as a Mecca for gardening talks and event.  And this is something that annoys me because as a fully fledged plant… Continue reading →

Kildare Post Gardening Column – The Vegetable Garden Defensive

It has reached that time of year when you should be able to start harvesting all the fantastic crops that you have loving cared for over the past few months. But they are… Continue reading →

Kildare Post Gardening Column – Third Best Garden In The World

I think by now you will know I am a big fan of the gardens at Powerscourt Estate. I have talked so much about their great trees and roses here before. It will… Continue reading →