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. [...]
{ all posts, recommended reading } { 2 comments }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 [...]
{ all posts, recommended reading } { 0 comments }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 [...]
{ all posts, recommended reading } { 5 comments }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 [...]
{ all posts, recommended reading } { 0 comments }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 [...]
{ all posts, recommended reading } { 3 comments }john brookes… the career of [book]
I like this book. A little more expensive than my last book review at €44.70 – but well worth it. I had about three of Johns book in my library up until recently… but very unfortunately they [and a large amount of others] grew legs and decided to go walkies To put in context how [...]
{ all posts, recommended reading } { 0 comments }the only self sufficiency book
It is time to cut out what we do not need so we can live more simply and happily. Good food, comfortable clothes, servicable housing and true culture – these are the things that matter. I absolutely love this book. I love the ‘classic guide for realists and dreamers’ for which I am probably both [...]
{ all posts, recommended reading } { 2 comments }1001 gardens you must see before you die
The only thing I didn’t like about this book is the title. A little depressing to be honest. Why it needed Titschmarsh to do the preface i’ll never know [no offence ]. Why they didn’t just change the title to 1001 garden to make you smile and just leave it at that… ? That said [...]
{ all posts, recommended reading } { 2 comments }irish gardens [book]
I have selected gardens… whose design clearly illustrates a particular period of garden history, and whose plantings demonstrate an almost obsessional love of plants and the surrounding Irish landscape The post-its popping out the top of this book will show that this one has been used; and used very well. Put simply it is not [...]
{ all posts, recommended reading } { 0 comments }food for free
At €17.60 – this ‘life enhancing classic’ could nearly buy you a good meal and a glass of fine wine… In the scheme of things it’s pricy. But is it well worth it? From revealing the truth behind the myth that dock leaves cure is akin to the powers of a tooth fairy; to making [...]
{ all posts, recommended reading } { 0 comments }a slice of organic life
There are so many ‘organic’ books on the market at the moment. Most of them in my opinion perfectly ripe for the compost heap. This one however is an exception and Sheherazade Goldsmith does a great job here. Its not very indepth which has its pros [and cons]; But it is aptly titled as ‘a [...]
{ all posts, recommended reading } { 0 comments }lets grow – a really good childrens book
I was in Douglas visiting my niece & [2 new] nephew[s] recently. I decided the best thing Uncle could do was find a good book store, some coffee and a Sunday Business Post. [here's the plug..] Douglas Book Store is an absolute gem. I love it dearly and now travel there just to get really [...]
{ all posts, recommended reading } { 0 comments }Tree leaves may have a bio-cycle
Among the many books in my library I have a little gem called Go make a Difference – over 500 daily ways to save the planet. Whilst the book relates mainly to mainland UK it is still quite a fine journal crammed with useful links and thins that can be so easily done to help [...]
{ all posts, recommended reading } { 0 comments }a horticultural bible
I bought this book about 8 years ago now and at the time it cost about €100 [possibly púnts at the time?]. If botany and intricate plant studies are what turns one on… then this is your cup of tea. Do understand this is not Sunday afternoon reading. It is a referene book. A bible [...]
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