The Irish Times

Bloom to Zoom: garden fest is online with chats and tips

The annual garden festival is cancelled because of the coronavirus, but there is plenty for gardeners to do this weekend

Sat May 30 2020 - 00:00

The best gardening books to give this Christmas

Winter has its icy grip on the garden leaving little for the gardener to do except pick up a good book

Sat Dec 14 2019 - 00:00

Meet Jimi Blake, the garden obsessive who became gardening royalty

New book shows all sides of this Irish horticultural genius and his beloved Hunting Brook in west Wicklow

Sat Sept 14 2019 - 00:00

Starting a small garden from scratch: first tackle the soil

A town garden can be a place of peace and contemplation, to grow food and watch nature

Thu Oct 27 2016 - 06:00

Gardening books for green fingers

There is a wonderful variety of gardening books for the plantsperson in your life

Thu Dec 10 2015 - 10:00

Sunny plants for shady places

There’s a plant for almost every type of shady spot, but it pays to give the soil a helping hand

Sun Mar 29 2015 - 06:00

A lab in the dark

Foraging for mushrooms can be perilous, but a sustainable food production venture has launched growing kits to help you harvest oyster mushrooms at home

Sat Oct 05 2013 - 01:00

Picture perfect

Is your garden looking its absolute best at the moment? An award-winning photographer gives advice on how to take a greatpicture of it, rather than just a good one

Sat Jul 20 2013 - 01:00