The thoughts and ramblings of a landscape gardener…
Posted in every post to date, my office on Dec 16th, 2007
If you ever want a wedding in the summertime, marry Santa… but never a horticulturist [Dave]! This Christmas our summer holidays start December 29th and we return Wednesday 16th January.
Sounds like a long holiday but this is the first time the team [and I] have had a chance to sit down since this time last [...]
Posted in every post to date, my ireland on Dec 16th, 2007
Can you imagine if every shop front made this amount of effort to the front of their business? Wouldn’t Dublin be that little more beautiful. With construction work, traffic and all of the usual razamataz which might not inspire excitement in your day - what an effect it would have!
We did these planters for Itsa4 [...]
Posted in every post to date, my office on Dec 14th, 2007
Our year started with preparations for Bloom 2007. The nicer part of the horticultural business built with some superb help, but no sponsor! With a business to keep afloat and 9 full time staff on the payroll - this is where the horticultural business become really exciting - but so very real and also where [...]
Posted in every post to date, my office on Dec 11th, 2007
Most of my articles are questions that are asked and where it has been asked more than once, assuming it can be of benefit to others I put it here. For any garden enthusiast you might know here are my suggestions that ARE 1000% better than socks and a CD. If you prefer cooked turkey [...]
Posted in advice - garden, every post to date on Dec 3rd, 2007
If cutting nee maintaining fine lines of pristine planting isn’t for you then a formal hedge is not what you want. If however you like trimming or cutting from time to time and don’t mind ‘organised chaos’ then maybe you do! But a hedge as we [becoming elder] Irish know it, is something that [...]
Posted in advice - garden, every post to date on Dec 3rd, 2007
All across Ireland on motorways, farmland and construction sites planting is taking place - but time waits for no man, to plant. Some say winter is the quite period for landscaping - I don’t really agree.
There are exceptions to every rule but in general, plants [bare roots/ whips] are dormant in winter. This allows, within [...]
