How to make your garden part of the ‘urban forest’
Gerald Mills has counted the trees in Dublin’s parks and streets. Now he wants to know what’s growing in our gardens
Gerald Mills has counted the trees in Dublin’s parks and streets. Now he wants to know what’s growing in our gardens
It can be tempting to ruthlessly prune overgrown plants but don’t be too hasty
Forget flowers and curate a selection of hardy plants
Use potato beds to plant for spring colour and summer flavour
Itching to get going in the kitchen garden or allotment? Here’s a handful of crops to start growing now
Follow the three Ds by using secateurs to remove any dead, diseased or dying wood
Known as ‘gardener’s gold’, kitchen waste and even human hair can be transformed in to a rich mulch in a matter of weeks
Altamont, in Co Carlow, has one of greatest displays of any Irish garden open this month
Cheaper than a greenhouse and easier to put up, a polytunnel takes your gardening to a new level
Trees to plant, gloves to wear, cards to write trowels to dig, seeds to sow and a pad to rest
You don’t need a glasshouse or polytunnel – a sunny porch will do
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From seeds to secateurs, some green gift ideas for the keen, and the casual, gardener
A resident family of swans, a slipway for boats and a two-room chalet for guests add to the appeal of this property in Nenagh for €1.495 million
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