Just Call Me Peter

I have been a member of the Institute of Horticulture since I was about 23 years old. Sounded really good at that age [and in that era] to have Peter Donegan AI Hort [now MI Hort] for a name and title.
But what does MI Hort mean, to you or to me? Is it really doing [...]

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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 standards possible [...]

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Your Country Your Call

Monday night I was invited to a meeting in The Guinness Storehouse. Martin McAleese was coming along. So were some of Irelands top blogger people.
Your country your call is the brainchild of Martin McAleese
….is what I was told. I’d met Martin before. Nice guy. Ferdinand Von Prondzynski was there too – should have asked him  [...]

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How To Stake And Strap A Tree

Following the pictures above…..

tree stake at the ready… place the stake [generally] 3 fingers width from the base of the tree and 2 fingers width from the top. Once you have your position correct… push it in slightly.
A tree stake pounder [the yellow object in the photographs] is preferable although you can use a sledge [...]

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Trade Associations for Garden Related Firms

There is no particular reason for this poll as such. It is however a real way to find out an overall public perception in relation to ‘garden’ related trade associations and just how aware people are of them or not.
I would ask [very politely... ] those involved in the trade if you could [...]

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