The thoughts and ramblings of a landscape gardener…
Posted in every post to date, horticulture in ireland on Nov 19th, 2008
some say we find ourselves in challenging times. Some say there is a difficult road ahead and depending on the sector of the market you are involved in this may well be the case.
Rather than burying your head the ALCI wishes to bring these matters to the fore. The event is open to everyone [ie [...]
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 every post to date, my office on Oct 16th, 2008
i was reading richard bransons book losing my virginity. [a brilliant read - but what's that got to do with my business?].
Before anyone asks - no! I don’t try to emulate anyone - ever! I just like to read and I liked this quote. You might even go so far as to say any accountant [...]
Posted in every post to date, horticulture in ireland on Sep 16th, 2008
A polite debacle arose recently were a landscape architect, a contractor and a sub contractor agreed to work together for the common benefit of a client. Not much new there and a normal sounding relationship prior to the start of any garden build. What resulted was a mild tarnish and financial loss on the name [...]
Posted in every post to date, my office on Sep 12th, 2008
Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing - Warren E. Buffett
When I started my business, about eight years ago now, maybe I did it with very different intentions to most. First let me dispell some myths. No business is easy; one that involves perishable goods and is weather dependent even moreso. That said I [...]
Posted in every post to date, show gardens & shows on Aug 7th, 2008
In 2007 my garden design ‘no rubber - soul’ [more commonly known now as the morris minor car garden] for the inaugural Bloom in the Park won silver medal. More importantly, for those involved the quite long media list [available on request] was endless. It even featured on Australian t.v.
In 2008, I and The Donegan [...]
Posted in every post to date, horticulture in ireland on Aug 6th, 2008
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 teacher, [...]
Posted in every post to date, my office on Jul 28th, 2008
Not really! However the AA, gardens? The deal is as long as it’s relevant to the business it can go in the blog. Sounds fair. Budget Car hire got mentioned for poor service, no manners & not being able to read the title in an email. That said a company who lives by my ethos…
‘i [...]
Posted in every post to date, landscape design on Jul 24th, 2008
I written many times about low budget gardening or gardening on [what you may consider to be] a low budget.
Although not unusual, sometimes *it is* a case where the client cannot see what the end result will be. This is the first usual when one does not wish to employ a full design service.
A quick [...]
Posted in every post to date, my ireland on Jul 22nd, 2008
Brendan O’Connor wrote in the Irish Independent [29th June 2008]
There have been a few mutterings about a recession, which is a nice word for depression. The reactions by the media to this have been interesting. The media seems to be thrilled about it. ….You get the impression they think it’s a good thing.
People are asking [...]
