The thoughts and ramblings of a landscape gardener…
Posted in every post to date, my ireland on Sep 7th, 2008
I thought this would be a boring day out. The ones you got ‘dragged’ out on when you were a nipper. I also thought, at first, the €6.50 tour charge was a bit steep, I was [very] pleasantly surprised.
This, had to be, one of the best ‘tours’ I’ve ever been on. Skerries Mills is simply [...]
Posted in every post to date, my ireland on Sep 3rd, 2008
I’m looking forward to this. I like Farmleigh House and if you do nothing else on this day the tour of the house is so worth while. Straight from the promo page [pretty much] here’s what one can expect at this free for all - unless you decide to buy something - event.
On Saturday & [...]
Posted in every post to date, my office on Jun 18th, 2008
Full Size 4 Door e.g. Toyota Avensis or similar
Euro €34.00
Price includes all compulsory Insurances, Government Tax, Unlimited Mileage and 24hr Breakdown cover.
Please take a moment to read the Terms & Conditions of rental before making your booking.
I arrived at Cork Airport. 4th June. Collected at 9.30am. Returned the car that evening. No damage. Cork [...]
Posted in every post to date, my books - my reviews on Jun 16th, 2008
I was in Douglas visiting my niece & [2 new] nephew[s] recently. I decided the best thing Uncle could do was find a good book store, some coffee and a Sunday Business Post. [here's the plug..] Douglas Book Store is an absolute gem. I love it dearly and now travel there just to get really [...]
Posted in every post to date, the pink boat story - bloom 2008 on May 8th, 2008
This morning at 5.45 am after 11 long hours labour, Pour L’amour de Jeux finally gave berth to a 7 tonne, 11 metre long Pink Boat in the Phoenix Park Dublin.
With amazing help from John Farrell, John Friel, Whittens Road Haulage, The Garda Suíochana, Maura Hickey, Colin Browne and Gráinne Walker; this journey was finally [...]
Posted in every post to date, horticulture in ireland on Apr 15th, 2008
just a beautiful image - It was also for an amazing project for an amazing gentleman who wanted to introduce more mature trees into an already native irish landscape. How considerate is that…. Makes me smile everytime! Brilliant.
Posted in every post to date, my office on Mar 4th, 2008
Some time ago i wrote about call out & consultation charges. [There is a difference.] A consultation is by definition ‘2 a meeting or discussion for seeking advice’. It requires professional advice based on education and experience. A call out, to differ, generally requires pricing for specific tasks as decided already by the client. [In this day [...]
Posted in every post to date, landscape design on Feb 21st, 2008
garden show preparation is 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 [...]
Posted in every post to date, my ireland on Feb 13th, 2008
I know I’ve touched on this before with regard to water and plastic bottles but maybe it needs to be more direct? Reading a book from my library, ‘Go make a difference - over 500 daily ways to save the planet’ [by think books], tells it is proven that bottled is no better than tap water but, bottled water uses 1.5 [...]
Posted in every post to date, my office on Feb 9th, 2008
Picture: Aidan Cotter [chief executive Bord Bia], David Milner [landscape manager], Peter Donegan [Director] & Trevor Sargent [Green Party]
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 [...]
