The thoughts and ramblings of a landscape gardener…
Posted in every post to date, my office on Nov 10th, 2008
the results for septembers top 10 were surprising… October however, brought trends back to that of what one would consider a little more appropriate to the season - ish…
And so from 1-10 here are the top 10 posts that you liked to read the most, enjoy! and thank you for visiting and reading.
Of course you [...]
Posted in every post to date, show gardens & shows on Nov 5th, 2008
tickets are already on sale for RHS Chelsea flower show. How do I know? Well I follow them on twitter! The RHS are on twitter here and of course donegan landscaping is on twitter here.
it’s amazing to think that even an organisation like the rhs [on the go since 1804] is embracing technology and using [...]
Posted in every post to date, my ireland on Nov 4th, 2008
i had never been but on saturday i took a stroll into Swords - just at the bottom of main street adjacent the swords castle - is where it’s all happening [10am - 4pm]. It’s not huge but it’s enough to have a relaxing, friendly day out side in the cool November air. I liked [...]
Posted in every post to date, my office on Oct 31st, 2008
You want to get the garden designed. You have already tried and after spending the entire lottery, it still looks humerous. The sun is shining. The neighbours have just started the barbeque. You own a jungle. Where do you start?
If this is you? then, at €4.50 [not bad value at all!] the winter issue of [...]
Posted in every post to date, horticulture in ireland on Oct 20th, 2008
my reasons for starting Peter Donegan Landscaping Ltd are probably quite different to those of most in business [?] to be very honest. But as I have said recently it always comes back to the fact that I love what I do.
With that in mind, I was thinking that maybe the Donegan Landscaping team might [...]
Posted in every post to date, my office on Oct 16th, 2008
donegan landscaping is now on twitter…
if you have any questions, queries or just want to get daily updates or just have a general chat about the great outdoors… this is where you’ll find me.
Just click on http://twitter.com/doneganland
[If you don't know what twitter is... just click the logo!]
Other than that I hope you enjoy the weblog [...]
Posted in advice - garden, every post to date on Oct 7th, 2008
Sometimes the question to be asked *is* where does the plant want to grow? A weed is defined as a plant growing in a place where it is not wanted. Sometimes i get S.O.S. emergency calls asking why a plant isn’t doing so well here, or why [ieg] Marys plant grows better for her in [...]
Posted in advice - garden, every post to date on Sep 15th, 2008
I always think of my sins when I weed. They grow apace in the same way and are harder still to get rid of - Helena Rutherfurd Ely, A Woman’s Hardy Garden, 1903
Who wants them? What should we do about them? A weed by definition is deemed to be a plant growing in a place [...]
Posted in every post to date, uncategorized on Sep 11th, 2008
Posted in every post to date, my office on Jul 29th, 2008
This magazine is really good. I like writing for them. In fact I’d have to say my editor Gillian is really cool too! Is that unusual? That said I enjoyed writing this article. Check out the exclamation marks and you’ll understand why!!
This article for Selfbuild is in summary:
Trees are your best antiques
Working from a [...]
