The Irish Times

A scientist’s experimental garden with its very own weather station

Adam Bermingham’s approach to gardening has always been endearingly boffinish

Sat Aug 22 2020 - 06:00

Here’s the drill: plants spuds now and nine more ways to celebrate new growing season

Spring has sprung and it’s time to get going in the garden

Sat Mar 14 2020 - 00:00

Gardening women: meet Fionnuala Fallon’s horticultural heroes

A “forest” of women across the world are connected by their love of plants and flowers

Sat Mar 07 2020 - 00:00

The secrets to growing an exotic Irish garden

We can easily recreate the sense of an Australian rainforest, leafy Asian woodland or a sun-baked Mediterranean garden, at home

Sat Feb 29 2020 - 00:00

A Chelsea winner's guide to creating a tranquil garden

There are many ways to create a beautiful slice of nature in the smallest of spaces

Sat Feb 22 2020 - 00:00

Sow delicous: Five great veg and fruit crops to grow this month

Itching to get going in the kitchen garden or allotment? Here’s a handful of crops to start growing now

Sat Feb 15 2020 - 00:00

Dig in, it’s bare-root planting season

Bush fruit, nut trees, hedging and specimen trees can be planted now, while they are in winter hibernation

Sat Feb 08 2020 - 00:00

Finding magic in the February garden

Fragrant, flowering shrubs herald the start of a new growing season

Sat Feb 01 2020 - 00:00

Spread a little garden love this Christmas

From “Brexit” seeds to hanging pots – what to give the green fingered person in your life

Sat Dec 07 2019 - 00:00

Go wild in the garden and make a meadow

You don’t need huge space to grow a meadow garden – and now is the time to sow it

Sat Sept 22 2018 - 00:00

Grow: pretty as a picture

Not only are they painterly, vivid and gorgeous, ‘pictorial’ meadows are extremely supportive of pollinators

Sat Sept 12 2015 - 05:39

Grounds to note

Recording the details of your garden’s trials and triumphs is an important part of its continuing improvement

Thu Sept 19 2013 - 16:24