Eight simple ways to bring the garden indoors this Christmas
Use sprigs of evergreen, homegrown foliage to add seasonal charm to gifts
Gardening: Why we should love our weeds most of the time
Weeds can serve as hugely useful indicators of different soil types and growing conditions
Gardening: Rapid climbers are tropical butterflies of a summer garden
Seeds for sweet pea, morning glory and black-eyed susan may be sown in spring
Gardeners, give up buying peat compost – it’s a disaster for the environment
One Change: By far the best, and cheapest, solution is to invest in a home composting bin
Rainy day gardening: Keep on top of pests and enjoy the crop of vegetables
This damp August has created optimum soil conditions for seeds to germinate
Make the cut: the right way to prune roses
Follow the three Ds by using secateurs to remove any dead, diseased or dying wood
Top tips for making the ultimate compost
Known as ‘gardener’s gold’, kitchen waste and even human hair can be transformed in to a rich mulch in a matter of weeks
Shake off the winter blues with a snowdrop hunt
Altamont, in Co Carlow, has one of greatest displays of any Irish garden open this month
Plant the seed: How to grow a career in gardening
You need barrow-loads of intelligence and creativity, a strong back and green fingers
Sixteen great books for gardeners this Christmas
This year’s fine crop tackles everything from wartime gardens to a guide to propagation
No garden of your own? Join a community and get growing
You could join people of of all ages, creeds and backgrounds who have come together to create beautiful, tranquil, biodiverse gardens
Dig in: nine things to do in the garden in April
Spring is on the way and the ground is warming up. It’s time to start planting
Secrets of growing from seed: 10 tips to get your garden going
Crack open the seed packets – and keep timing, temperature and freshness in mind
Plan your holidays around these eight great gardens to visit in 2018
With little doing in the winter garden, plot a visit to some of the world’s most beautiful gardens
How to make your garden a haven for bees
Trees, variety and a little wilderness – seven ways to lure pollinators to your plot
Preparations for a polytunnel, from soil to seed trays – and don’t forget the hammock
Your guide to the best groundwork, equipment and plants to get started
Hedges are the life-giving arteries of our land
Hawthorn, dog rose, spindle, elder: advice about what goes into a traditional hedgerow
Autumn – time for new beginnings in the garden
A bit of effort now with weeds and seeds will pay off in next year’s harvest
Flower power returns to Chelsea
Garden designers Paul Martin and Diarmuid Gavin made sure the Irish were again among the medals at Britain’s leading flower show, but with very different contributions
The ‘Colleen Bawn’ and the ‘Empress of Ireland’: a rich tradition of daffodil breeding
There is a growing appreciation among gardeners for this rich horticultural legacy
Grow: The secret world of Dahlias
Judging these colourful flowers is an exacting process; you can see it in action today in Greystones
Thrills and frills of the poppy season
Difficult to grow and short to flower, the poppy is worth the effort
Ignore at your peril: Seeds of things to come
Spring is in the air. It is time to put in some planting work that will pay dividends later in food and flowers
Gardening by the seaside
Wind-blown and salty – coastal gardens are challenging, so take advice from two experts
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