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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The Garden Group Visit The War Memorial Gardens

I had reviewed The War Memorial Gardens last May. But today wasn’t about my view of the park.
It was about a group of people, a great group of people I should add, who took some time out of their Sunday, to enjoy a little of the great outdoors. On a slight side note it was [...]

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Garden Group Tour ***Closed***

Unknowns to me, the lovely people of the Final Indo printed a blog article – borrowed from the blog here and over the course of the weekend – half the population of North Dublin either rang or called to my house.
UNFORTUNATELY….I am limited to 18 people. And all places for this tour filled after 3 [...]

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How Do I Know So Much About Breast Feeding …?

I must have the most varied career I have ever known. Definitely in the context of the great outdoors…. Here’s some of what I did for the year 2009. Anyhow….
Last week I got a phone call asking if I would speak at a conference.
J: Hi Peter its Jenny can you talk…?
P: Yeah sure Jen how [...]

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Sligo County Council Close Lissadell House

I remeber hearing about this last year in one of the trade magazines and going straight past the headline…. mainly because I thought to myself
No County Coucil would be stupid enough to do so….
I was extremely wrong. A major catastrophe has developed and thanks to an extremely well written piece by Rosita Boland on the [...]

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