going green – is it a waste?
I made a conscious decision some time ago that if the earth, landscaping to be precise, was my work then I as best as possible and the donegan landscaping team should work to a little more for the earth. It sounds like a fair deal and it is. It wasn’t that I/we did nothing green [...]
{ all posts, grow your own } { 2 comments }epiphytic? platycerium?!
this is the platycerium bifurcatum, more commonly know as staghorn fern. I thought it worth a mention being that it is so unusual and not exactly what one might see on O’Connell Street! For those of you who dont know… epiphytic plants, in this case of fern, are plants that grow above the ground level [...]
{ all posts, plants } { 0 comments }building a garden in south africa [part 2]
Most of you know my trip to South Africa is taking place this Thursday. Since my last post Dominic Loughran came as my guest to the ALCI awards and gave a fine, appropriate and very rousing speech. I was very proud to sit with him. I also roped in genius my good pal freelance photographer [...]
{ all posts, thinking of others } { 0 comments }int garden festival [2] – the finale?
Before I go any further, please refer to this article first and it’s comments. The news is out. Titled Failed garden festival has over €1m debt, Ian Kehoe wrote the facts in yesterdays Sunday Business Post. Ian’s a good guy who tells it well and I’m a SBP fan, as those who read my articles [...]
{ all posts, courses/ gigs/ events } { One comment }alternative irish energy and sellafield
According to the Sunday Business Post, September 30th 2007 News Section, Green Party energy minister Eamonn Ryan will address a two-day conference hosted by independent transmission system operator, Eirgrid. The annual conference will address issues facing the national grid, including customers’ experience and the all-island energy market. The conference, taking place on Wednesday and Thursday [...]
{ all posts, grow your own } { One comment }tesco, country crest & the fingal vintage society
I took this picture today at the Fingal Vintage Society Classic Car Show. The event, delayed due to weather conditions was rescheduled from July to September and rainfall overnight almost cancelled the gig again. But the Hoey family [applause] having donated the use of their land to the community again weren’t to be totally disappointed [...]
{ all posts, courses/ gigs/ events } { 0 comments }bulbs – planting starts now!
You want spring colour in your garden, but you and I know the gardeners summer holidays is just after the sprouts and turkey, when you most need a little inspiration and even the garden is looking a little lazy. Grandma’ and the relations have just moved back home and you’ve got to go outside semi-unthawed [...]
{ all posts, garden advice } { 0 comments }irish horticulture worth almost €1 billion
Thanks to Bord Bia we do have statistics on the irish hortiultural and so much more. But I never thought that a magazine outside of The Emerald Isle would cover the value of our hortiultural market. This article titled Irish landscape market hits high was published in Horticulture Week in August 2nd 2007. If you [...]
{ all posts, media } { 2 comments }estimates & quotes or the cost of a garden
You want your garden and your contractor to be on television for the right reason. Before you start anything, develop a very general idea of what you want and how much you wish to spend. Select your company carefully and do please ensure with your choice of company that their staff/ horticulturist is qualified and [...]
{ all posts, design } { 0 comments }hill of tara – human harp?
Due to popular demand and with special thanks to Muireann at indymedia Ireland here’s the result of Sundays event which attracted over 1500 people. Muireann also suggested that this website should be checked out when it is updated later today. – I don’t usually edit my blogs – but it had to happen for this [...]
{ all posts, ireland } { 4 comments }easier gardening – garden nirvana
This was my first ever article written for The Farmers Journal. Originally entitled ‘easier gardening’ it was published under the title Garden Nirvana October 23rd 2004. The great Dr David Robinson had passed sometime before and I remeber via email noting to my Editor Matt Dempsey that having gone through such an amazing life, knowing [...]
{ all posts, media } { 4 comments }flowers are driving me mad – again ?!
No Rubber Soul the garden I built in June for Bloom in the park was different? But I found this under the title ten reasons to go green via another really good ‘greener’ blog both of which are worth a dabble. Happy Saturday and lets just hope Ireland do better than last week in the rugby [...]
{ all posts, office } { 0 comments }politics – honesty is the best policy?
As it’s Friday I thought a coffee break from our own tribunal of the missing 30,000 euros would cheer us up. With Mr Ahern in mind maybe honesty is the best policy? CNN’s political ticker however may make you think slightly different. Can you imagine if Irish politicians took the same approach? We’d be laughing our [...]
{ all posts, office } { 0 comments }the three quotes rule – [how] does it work?
If I asked three people to price for the supply of a motor vehicle or to be more specific, three people to price for the supply of a citroen car would I get the same price? It cannot be until I say I want a ’03 Citroen C5 HDi, Diesel, Red in colour, 78,235 km [...]
{ all posts, design } { 3 comments }sunday business post – new apartment size regulations
Sunday Business Post, Sun 9th Sept 2007, The Inquisitor Richard Curran. New apartment size regulations have come too late for many. ‘Dublin City Council has finally decided to do the right thing when it comes to regulations about the minimum size of apartments in the capital. Last week councillors voted to introduce new guidelines that will mean [...]
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