Trio of Irish gardeners to receive prestigious RHS awards
Contributions of Thomas Pakenham, Seamus O’Brien and Paddy Mackie recognised
Kilmacurragh gardens: A psychedelic world away from lockdown monotone
Wicklow site will now include Regency walled garden and additional 53 acres
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
Kilruddery House's walled garden wonder revived
Another seasonal bounty of vegetables and flowers from its Victorian kitchen garden
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Kick up some leaves: five great Irish gardens to visit before winter arrives
Some of Ireland’s loveliest gardens put on a fine display of autumn foliage
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
Six great European gardens to discover on holidays
This week in the garden: Irish gardeners share their top places to visit on holidays
Nine things to do in the garden in April
Sow organic seeds, cut less lawn and let the wild things grow in your garden
Plant the seed: How to grow a career in gardening
You need barrow-loads of intelligence and creativity, a strong back and green fingers
Harvest water: the garden will thank you
No amount of watering is going to be as good for plants as sweet, clean, cool Irish rain
What to do in the garden this week
Don’t cut that parched lawn and resist the urge to sprinkle every plant in sight
Grow your own wedding bouquet
For a summer wedding, grow fast-growing, long-flowering, floriferous annuals
Ten great dahlias to grow this year
With a range of heights and in a spectrum of colours, dahlias are perfect for your garden
Dahlias are demanding divas – but they’re worth it
These showy flowers bring a bit of brilliance to the garden
Hedges are the life-giving arteries of our land
Hawthorn, dog rose, spindle, elder: advice about what goes into a traditional hedgerow
A farewell to Number 45, as Helen Dillon closes the garden gate
The horticultural luminary has taught many gardeners innumerable lessons in generosity, bravery, joyfulness, editing and anti-snobbery
Box clever to avoid dreaded blight
Good reasons not to give up on wonderfully versatile box hedging despite fungal disease
The Dublin chef who grows crops in rooftop pots
Stephen’s McAllister’s city ‘garden’ is no more than a cheerful clutter of pots and recycled wooden wine crates on a crowded, shady balcony overlooking the capital’s dusty yards and sun-bleached rooftops. But that’s enough for an ongoing supply of fresh, delicious ingredients
Chelsea judge James Alexander-Sinclair is UK garden design’s man of the moment
Alexander-Sinclair will be in Ireland later this month to give a talk in Altamont gardens as part of the Carlow Garden Festival
Masters of the floral art
An illustrated book and an exhibition recognising some of Ireland’s new garden plants will be launched this year
The best presents for the gardener in your life
There are gifts across the price range for your favourite horticulturalists
Gardens: a window sill plant that will fragrance your room for months
Lemons, rose, cola bottle, strawberry - just some of the scents that will come from a crushed geranium leaf that can be used to make teas and cakes
Grow: The secret world of Dahlias
Judging these colourful flowers is an exacting process; you can see it in action today in Greystones
Grow: brighten up your diet with edible flowers
Roses, violets and dahlias all have a place at the tables, whether in salads or atop cakes
Grow: What have bees ever done for us?
The ‘natural capital’ movement aims to increase awareness of nature’s value
Grow: Cunning foxglove schemes
Digitalis purpurea regally colours our countryside but many digitalis varieties can heighten a garden’s borders
Garden designer finds inspiration in the poetry of WB Yeats
A show garden for the upcoming Bloom festival is a tribute to WB Yeats
10 things to plant now for those salad days
If you want your garden to be brimming with tasty produce this summer, then it’s time to get sowing
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
Tunnel vision
Did your polytunnel get the better of you this summer? Never fear – there’s plenty of time to get it ship-shape and primed for year-round production
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