Back in Bloom: Dublin flower fest is ready to blossom once again
After two years, designers are itching to display their show gardens in the Phoenix Park
Spring into action: Plant these bulbs now for beautiful flowers this summer
It’s not too late to plan for a gorgeous garden this summer-autumn
Good gardening gear: How to avoid damp bottoms and cold backs
From the best boots to the cosiest gloves, gardening experts on how to stay warm
A photographic celebration of the pared-back winter garden
Andrew Montgomery and Clare Foster’s book, Winter Gardens, is a photographic tour-de-force
It’s cold, wet, dark and dismal. Let’s get gardening
What you do in the garden now can lay the foundations for a year of homegrown beauty
Five classic garden hedges for shelter, privacy and beauty
Chosen carefully, the right hedge can filter noise, air pollution and livestock
How to plant a tree: a guide for bare-root season
Bare-root specimens are considerably cheaper and kinder to the environment
Gardening: Understanding magic of seasonal light is key to growing happy plants
Autumn’s naturally dwindling light levels causes a reduction in chlorophyll in plants
Gardening: Ornamental onions bring jewel-like colours to the garden
Alliums are easy to grow and most are tolerant of a wide range of growing conditions
Harvesting and pruning in a late summer garden
Lift garlic if the leaves have started to yellow, before the bulbs split and expose the cloves
Kilmacurragh gardens: A psychedelic world away from lockdown monotone
Wicklow site will now include Regency walled garden and additional 53 acres
Elegant styling with added garden room on popular Ballsbridge road for €2.5m
Double-fronted house on one of Dublin’s leafier thoroughfares has been impeccably upgraded
Make the cut: How to get great garden plants for free
If we have learned anything, it’s a new appreciation for traditional propagating skills
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
Veg out: May is the perfect time to sow carrots, peas, beans and more
Many different kinds of vegetables can be sown directly into the ground now
Coronavirus: Supply chain shortages leave gardeners waiting for seeds
Online orders for Irish seeds rise dramatically in wake of Covid-19 restrictions
Coronavirus: Your 12-step guide to passing the time in quarantine
From advice to activities and entertainment, these articles should aid your social distancing
Gardening women: meet Fionnuala Fallon’s horticultural heroes
A “forest” of women across the world are connected by their love of plants and flowers
Stock up your bulbs: how a No Deal Brexit will hit gardeners
Product from UK nurseries could be pricier, but there’s potential to grow more here
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
Want head-turning spring flowers? Now is the time to buy
Here’s a shortlist of just some of this year’s ‘must-haves’, along with a guide to reliable suppliers
Figs are in season: here’s how to grow your own
A fig tree will happily grow in a sunny spot, or in a polytunnel or greenhouse
Meet the French gardener who wants to save Irish soil
Tanguy de Toulgoët’s Co Laois plot is a flower-filled, hugely productive family garden
Take a little time with the dahlias to keep the garden in bloom
Important to deadhead, water and liquid feed container-grown flowering plants
Conor Pope gets a houseplant ‘jungalow’ to mind – it doesn’t end well
Instagram is groaning with greenery but keeping trendy plants alive isn’t easy
The garden is not abuzz. I want the bees back
Leaving things to nature – and lawns unmowed – pays its own dividends
Sun, shade, dry or windy – there’s a rose to suit every kind of garden
While most roses will like space, a rich, fertile soil and full sun, there are some that will cope well with all kinds of conditions
Container gardening: five tips for creating brilliantly coloured pots
Now is the time to start planting pots that will burst into colour in high summer. Artist and gardener TJ Maher shares some of his secrets for maximising their impact
Nine things to do in the garden in April
Sow organic seeds, cut less lawn and let the wild things grow in your garden
Dig now for victory in the kitchen garden
Fionnuala Fallon: Preparation put in over coming weeks will be repaid tenfold in future months
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
It’s the 1970s all over again as house plants grow on us
Thank Instagram for endless shots of spider plants dangling from macrame pot-hangers
Five good value, fuss-free trees for small gardens
November marks the start of bare-root season making it a good time to plant a deciduous tree
End of season in the kitchen garden: tidy up and get ready for next year
Prepare beds, mulch, think about planting fruit trees and hardy crops – and save seeds
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