The thoughts and ramblings of a landscape gardener…
Posted in every post to date, thursday garden guest, uncategorized on Nov 6th, 2008
debbie & friends
If you’d like to know more about Thursday Garden Guest time - click here.
For the moment writer number #2 is Debbie Metrustry alias debbiemet. A lover of all things outdoors and botanical. I first met Debbie at Electric Picnic. A common love of horticulture is more professionally shared here. An absolute lady, a [...]
Posted in every post to date, my office on Sep 10th, 2008
this is my camera. The olympus U 790 SW. Why I am writing about it? Well, I have had this camera longer than any other in my career - and that includes disposable cameras! Outdoors-eee [or just me?] people have a habit of destroying everything particularly phones and cameras and people are forever asking me [...]
Posted in every post to date, the pink boat - bloom 2008 on Sep 8th, 2008
it had been organised to tweet meet-up at the pink boat at the stradbally festival. And it happened. Myself, Maryrose, David, Frankiep, Ciara, Debbie and some extra added friends joined to kick off the celebrations.
The boat joining the picnic really started online via Rick and it was very appropriate that its new berth was celebrated [...]
Posted in every post to date, my office on Aug 19th, 2008
I wanted the mini proofs here - but due to copyright I [wisely] left them out.
As most know, when President Mary stopped by my Garden in Bloom - the photography wasn’t the greatest. It turns out some amazing professional photographers were there. I eventually got contact details for one of them. [name of photographer deleted].
I [...]
Posted in every post to date, my office on Aug 14th, 2008
I started ‘blogging’ around October last year. I blog passionately. I try to. I never really worried too much about what I wrote - as long as it was from my heart. I hope[d] this [would] shine through.
I never for one minute expected that my experiences of ‘my’ horticultural world would be reviewed [?] by [...]
Posted in every post to date, my ireland on Aug 1st, 2008
This was in June during Bloom 2008 with my garden Pour L’amour de Jeux. On the official opening day The President, her husband Dr Martin and entourage came by and stopped at my garden for a chat.
What should you do when you meet the President of Ireland Mary Mc Aleese & Dr Martin? First, make [...]
Posted in uncategorized on Jul 3rd, 2008
Fancy a limited edition Peter Donegan Landscaping Ltd Tshirt. Free. On the front it says ‘I bhfad cunn cinn’ as gaeilge/ irish for head and shoulders above & on the back [see the picture left] its simply the web address. I used this to launch our website when it went fully accessible and bi-lingual last [...]
Posted in every post to date, my ireland on Apr 22nd, 2008
last year Peter Donegan Landscaping Ltd joined Barr 50. To those of you who aren’t familiar it’s basically a top 50 of those ‘who have pioneered a business as Gaeilge’ [through Irish]. Some found it difficult to appreciate why a company would spend time and effort to this when the business is horticulture?
Honestly? some time [...]
Posted in every post to date, my ireland on Apr 15th, 2008
this picture [above] was taken at last years bloom in the park and emailed to me by a colleague after the June Bank Holiday weekend - That same colleague emailed me again today with the same title wishing me luck in this years Bloom 2008 with this photograph of myself and our new Taoiseach Brian Cowan….
Posted in every post to date, the pink boat - bloom 2008 on Mar 20th, 2008
yesterday was not the most usual of days in my horticultural career! This 1957, 33 foot, 7 tonne boat is the model Royal Cruiser IV that will be used in Bloom 2008, the garden show extravaganza in the Phoenix Park this June Bank Holiday weekend.
It took 7 men, a 30 tonne specialist marine transporter and [...]
