The thoughts and ramblings of a landscape gardener…
Posted in every post to date, living the good life on Oct 31st, 2008
I’m a huge fan of the eco shop in Wicklow and recently I got an email from Bryonny letting me know of their new centre and the really cool events.
They have moved to a beautiful premises at the Meridian Centre in Greystones. With that in mind a series of free Saturday seminars [informal and will [...]
Posted in every post to date, my ireland on Aug 12th, 2008
Apart from this being a really cool picture, the message is also superbly important.
What you do [?] and *your* role with *your* environment is of major importance. The taptips website is good and did make me think if I was doing enough. I already have my waterbutts, but can I do more….? The climate change [...]
Posted in every post to date, my books - my reviews on Aug 11th, 2008
There are so many ‘organic’ books on the market at the moment. Most of them in my opinion perfectly ripe for the compost heap. This one however is an exception and Sheherazade Goldsmith does a great job here.
Its not very indepth which has its pros [and cons]; But it is aptly titled as ‘a slice’ [...]
Posted in every post to date, my ireland on Jul 23rd, 2008
put simply… can we not have an initiative where one tree is planted for every person in the country to say thank you… because it would be nice? I’d like that.
Can you imagine people in traffic then? I left South of Dublin City Centre at about 4.45pm knowing I would hit solid traffic. This is [...]
Posted in every post to date, my ireland on Jul 15th, 2008
By Radiohead from 1995. I used to play it busking in Waterford when I was studying horticulture. Little did I realise the song title would become a reality and memories of busking could cheer me up [?!]. A derivitive of oil & in this day an age. Still, appropriate *and* a great song. The opening [...]
Posted in every post to date, horticulture in ireland on Jul 13th, 2008
The video below explains why I got involved in urban garden [click here for previous article] … but I think you’ll find Mary Wier of [and] Dublin City Council organised a day that held in store a lot more than just a good looking horticulturist [...that'd be me by the way]. The day really did [...]
Posted in my office on Jun 23rd, 2008
I don’t know much about computers, really. Like a car, I can drive it but thats it. Anyhow there’s a computer crowd called UBUNTU…..
They’ve decided to work alongside Camara, an Irish charity who take in second hand computers do them up [basically] and send them to schools and colleges in Africa who need [...]
Posted in every post to date, horticulture in ireland on Jun 16th, 2008
A picture of Peter’s ‘bird… before anyone else says it!!
This was really cool. It is so amazing since I planted trees in my garden what has come with. I think this little fella hurt his wing and so I thought shoe box and soft paper… and seems he just popped by for a little chat [...]
Posted in every post to date, my books - my reviews on Apr 28th, 2008
Among the many books in my library I have a little gem called Go make a Difference - over 500 daily ways to save the planet. Whilst the book relates mainly to mainland UK it is still quite a fine journal crammed with useful links and thins that can be so easily done to help [...]
Posted in every post to date, horticulture in ireland on Apr 16th, 2008
I planted some new Tilia Cordata ‘Greenspire’ [and carpinus betula in the distance] outside my office last October and complete with bird feeders I left them there to do what nature feels best for them. Not being the best bird photographer in the country [I usually scare them all away], I managed to snap this [...]
