Irish Gardening Books and Shops

As one can gather… I have quite a vast and varied gardening book collection. But recently I have found it quite extremely difficult to buy anything that could be considered original. Even more difficult than that is to find anything at all original and Irish.
I did email hughes and hughes. I also emailed easons. For [...]

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garden design bible [book]

I bought this book last year… and to be very honest…. it has sat on the shelf for most of that time. No offence Tim Newbury. Sincerely. That said, it only cost €17.55 [only?!!] in hughes and hughes and I suppose that should [again, sincerely] be taken into consideration.
But I’m still puzzled on this one. [...]

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Gardening Nude – a book review

This is a really unusual story…. in a sense. I’d had this idea for a book. A garden book….. I still do, anyhow… the book idea aside, it was to be something a little, not Royal Horticultural Society, all pot pourri kind of smoking jacket – esque etc… you get my drift. 
Via my good mate [...]

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get rid of your bin – book review

I bought this book about 4 weeks ago. It is great value for money and cost me just €8.99.
Being really honest it is one of the greatest little books I have ever purchased. I have carried it with me everywhere since I bought it. The reason why is quite simple as almost all books like [...]

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the new tech garden – book

Ever wanted a book with a little something… a little different… a little refreshing…. a breath of bloomin’ fresh air….?
Look no further.
By Paul Cooper – this isn’t really ‘a book‘, so to speak….its more a collection of designs from various garden designers using ‘modern materials and technologies in creating innovative and individualistic gardens [...]

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