I Need A Something… ?

what do you think….? Call. Coffee. Email. Or Comment…. Peter Donegan: award winning Irish gardener. Horticulturalist. Blogger. Writer. Talker. Human. Makes gardens. Either or. Will always be happy and happy gardening

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Donegan Wins Landscape Quality Award For 2010

February 26th 2010. Peter Donegan Landscaping Ltd has achieved the Bord Bia Quality Award. The assessment for this award is through a stringently audited programme that was designed to raise standards within the landscape industry and increase customer confidence by rewarding companies who operate an awarded quality system through best practice and at the highest [...]

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i never knew you…

so many times I hear people say they never knew we did this or that with relevance to ‘gardening’ of some form. This may sound like a sort of pitch – it’s more clarification – on the record. The company is called Peter Donegan Landscaping Ltd. But, maybe I should have called ‘the company’ Peter [...]

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an oldie but a goldie…

this was around the time of bloom ’07 [click here] and was a feature done for Capital D featured on rte. This was so much fun…. [I think it was my first time on the tiny screen]

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i’ve got a feeling…

before reading one should refer to this post. Throughout college, before and until I set up Peter Donegan Landscaping Ltd I endeavoured to take the better position horticulturally, for my career. This meant little money, long hours, work very hard and learn faster. My age possibly didn’t help. But by 24 I was already a [...]

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proud of ‘your’ garden?

garden show preparation are in full swing; The trees are in bud, almost trying into leaf; the daffs have sprouted and almost all in flower. The season is literally almost urging itself to burst into full bloom. Such varied enquiries come into my office. But, even with our website [thanks Patrick] usually it’s what type of [...]

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want to join ‘our gang’?

I couldn’t join this one. In fact I’d say ‘this gang’ has gone their seperate ways  by now…. So I joined the ALCI [the association of landscape contractors of Ireland] instead! The basic difference between this and any other ‘association’ you might ask? Well, our gang is not just Irish, but more European. The difference, I [...]

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quality award for donegan landscaping

Friday 8th February saw The Donegan Lanscaping team be awarded The Quality Award. Last year we achieved the award of merit, but, thanks to the hard work of the entire team, we have been certified a Quality Approved System. Put simply, it certifies just how good we operate and are managed behind the scenes and [...]

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free!! allium sativum

also known as Garlic, these cloves [fresh] from China I bought in Superquinn!! Carbon footprint my rear. The builders have destroyed my crop so I needed a fresh batch to grow from. I was surprised to discover their origin but these will be planted & not used for cooking. To grow: Split the cloves. Plant 2″ down & 4″ apart. Plant now [...]

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corylus avellana ‘contorta’

I bought this plant around five years ago. But only recently has it started to show its true beauty. An aged, almost antique piece for the garden The ‘corkscrew hazel’ as it is commonly known produces tiny catkins which develop around the winter period. I found it very difficult to get a really good photograph – [...]

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self build [ireland] magazine

I have been writing for self build magazine for some time now but if you are building and at present your garden looks something like the picture above then this magazine and its website should prove really useful. Some previous articles are available online. This piece was on soil types and was published in 2007 ————————————————————————————————- [...]

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this is ireland….

… if this delightful weather keeps up! i think I’ll reduce my carbon emissions even further and buy a canoe… Happy Friday and have a great weekend. peter

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we just needed to rest our hands…

… but today we return from our summer holidays and after a fine rest it is a delightful welcome I give to our beloved Irish weather, another no doubt amazing horticultural calender year and to a trade I dearly love. Whatever your plans these coming seasons – enjoy. Happy Horticulture 2008! peter

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judges comments & the alci awards

We received the Judges comments on our garden today. They said; ‘for exemplary standard of landscaping’ judges’ commented on the Private Garden Landscaping [award of merit] & the Private Garden Maintenance [winning garden] “the work illustrates a consisted commitment to horticultural excellence in a restoration project that requires a keen understanding of the client’s requirements. [...]

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two landscaping awards for brackenstown house

October 18th 2007 saw Peter Donegan Landscaping Ltd win two  national landscaping awards as both designer and contractor. Donegan Landscaping won the award of Merit in the best private garden category and the overall award for best private garden maintenance, whilst  Peter Donegan received award as designer of Veronica and Paddy Campbells 27 acre 16th [...]

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