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
A partnership made in heaven: climbing roses and clematis
With the range so mind-boggingly vast, here’s how to choose the perfect combination
Prep, prune, plant: Your garden’s success depends on what you do now
A little judicious groundwork at this time of year ensures a gorgeous garden later on
Great gifts for gardeners: Tools, plants and knowledge
From gardening gloves and houseplants to roses, there is something here for everyone
Gardening: How to home-save seed to help ensure supply
Home-saving seed allows us to support biodiversity while ensuring reliable supply of fresh seeds
Gardening: Ten jobs for over the Easter break
March is a great time to mow the lawn – or a great time not to mow it
Gardening: Practical advice on self-sufficiency for growers
Laitenberger gives dirt-under-the-fingernails guidance in ‘The Self Sufficient Garden’
A scientist’s experimental garden with its very own weather station
Adam Bermingham’s approach to gardening has always been endearingly boffinish
Coronavirus: Supply chain shortages leave gardeners waiting for seeds
Online orders for Irish seeds rise dramatically in wake of Covid-19 restrictions
Gardening for beginners: How to sow and grow for the first time
By late spring you’ll have hordes of baby plants ready to be planted outdoors, all for the price of a few packets of seeds
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
Sustainable gardens blossom at Bloom
Climate change is a focus for some of Ireland’s top gardeners at Phoenix Park festival
Ace of spades, forks, rakes and trowels
Great tools can help you become a great gardener. Here’s some of the best
In the pink: why I’m weak at the knees for spring flowering trees
A bad case of Prunus plantlust - fed by this year’s early splendid displays of blossoms
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
Pink dandelions, cucamelons, edible lupins: seeds to plant now for a delicious summer
Not much happens in the January garden but it's a good time to find summer inspiration in seed catalogues
Giving to a gardener? Here's 35 great gifts for Christmas
Trees to plant, gloves to wear, cards to write trowels to dig, seeds to sow and a pad to rest
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
In the Kerry sub-tropics, a flourishing fern garden is getting ready for Chelsea
Billy Alexander plans to create a little piece of Kells Bay for the Chelsea Flower Show
Make 2018 the year you grow great tomatoes from seed. Here’s how to start
You don’t need a glasshouse or polytunnel – a sunny porch will do
Ease your way into the gardening year – here’s how
Call in an expert for inspiration; visit the best gardens; meet some gardening heroes
January in the garden: here’s a to-do list
The all-important business of seed sowing is just around the corner
‘It’s like being the conductor of a fantastic horticultural orchestra’
Corkman Alan Power on becoming the new head gardener at the famous Stourhead
Darina Allen launches Save Our Soil campaign
Irish support sought for European Citizens’ Initiative petition to protect soils
The bottom line for topsoil: value its benefits before it’s dug to death
Staying in touch with the soil can help to make us happier and save the planet
The wonder of a walled garden
The Irish Georgian Society has organised a Walled Gardens Study Day, to take place in early September
Gardens: Planting the seed for spring
While the internet offers an endless supply of seed catalogues, it is still a case of buyer beware
Grow: How does your garden grow?
There is a lot to be said for encouraging plants and flowers to self-seed through the garden
Gardening: Indoor plants are a breath of fresh air
Pot plants also add humidity and filter pollutants from our homes and offices
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