herbaceous plants
herbaceous adj designating plants that are soft stemmed rather than woody herbaceous border n a flower bed that contains perennials rather than annuals [source collins paperback dictionary] In ordinary lingo, a herbaceous plant is one that although is more like a shrub rather than a bedding plant; it will come up year after year [ie. [...]
{ all posts, design } { 2 comments }the top posts for 2008
I did a review of 2008 which seemed to go down extremely well And recently I had started to review your most favourite posts by the month. That said, by the year paints an extremely different picture…. You read them and you created the list. From 1-20 here are the top posts that you liked [...]
{ all posts, office } { 0 comments }a new web….
The new look website and blog is finally here. It has taken some time… but we have finally made it. It’s a lot slimmer, a litle bit fresher and a lot more modern. Before I go any further… it was designed and built with *you* in mind so I simply hope you enjoy reading. so [...]
{ all posts, techie } { 6 comments }cutting down hedges…
….is wrong!! According to Neil Faulkes… not when it is the right thing to do. Pause. Please read on… Neil was the brains behind the hlai event that took place at Sonairte Ecology centre Saturday 7th February ’09 – on hedge laying. I went along. I didn’t realise it was a course that was being [...]
{ all posts, horticulture in ireland } { 4 comments }the most amazing water feature…
This video[s] was taken about 5 years ago now, a good while ago now… but I’ve only gotten around to uploading recently. It’s a natural piece of sand stone with a hole bore straight through. A light is then placed below water level. It contains a resevoir below the surface which recycles on that water. [...]
{ all posts, design } { 4 comments }more car [hire] trouble…
I wrote this blog post on hiring a car last year. Today I recieved a phonecall from ‘a legal office’ asking would I be removing this blog post. No information or reasons were given except for who the gentleman and his firm were representing. I was told I have have 48 hours to remove the [...]
{ all posts, ireland } { 17 comments }a little frost is good
As I write this post – it is freezing cold! But whilst we are wrapped up so snug and warm nature is at work everywhere we look – although possibly unknowns to us…. Vernalisation is the acquisition of the competence to flower in the spring by exposure to the prolonged cold of winter. The word [...]
{ all posts, garden advice } { 4 comments }to bloom or not to…
bloom …that is was the question. The search had been put out for my intended prop for Bloom 2009 but show gardens require a lot more than that. I have learnt that one the hard way. It does require [a lot of] months preparation and hard work. It is not for the faint hearted. It [...]
{ all posts, my show garden[s] } { 8 comments }donegan landscaping wins 2009 award
February 6th 2009 saw Peter Donegan Landscaping Ltd win the 2009 Bord Bia Quality Award. It is in recognition of standards achieved under the Bord Landscape Quality Programme for 2008/2009. This is the second successive year for Peter Donegan Landscaping Ltd to win the landscape quality award. Donegan Landscaping is one of only eight Irish [...]
{ all posts, office } { 7 comments }dublin bus hate trees…?
I found this on Damien’s site. The picture is courtesy of Joe Drumgoole’s blog. According to Joe: A bus hit a tree this morning just past the Five Lamps. Looks like it clipped a tree (notice the damage on the tree just where the branches start to fan out) and it stripped the roof off. [...]
{ all posts, smile...? } { 2 comments }newbridge demesne
hmmm there you are Ray… Apart from that, there is absolutely nothing I dislike about the park named Newbridge House nee Newbridge Demense, as it is far more than that. It is a true gem and I love it so very much. It contains the formal and the informal. It contains the grand house and [...]
{ all posts, parks & places } { 4 comments }write, is there any point…
Well there is something good about this weather, horticulturally, but that’s another post for next week:) In the meantime now is a good time to get a little of myself out there. For as you [should] know by now I love to write. I love horticulture. Put the two together and I’m pretty much loving [...]
{ all posts, horticulture in ireland } { 4 comments }organic, recycled gardens …?
Why is there a picture of a man sitting on a truck at the bottom of this post…? The man is my good friend Thomas. You may know him from his most unusual garden guest post here. But you may also know Thomas from the much famed Irish Allotments – something, unknowns to most, he [...]
{ all posts, grow your own } { 12 comments }thank you so very much…
Recently, very recently, we did a garden for an amazing client. Sincerely – simply a genuine and very appreciative all round lovely lady. I’m not saying all clients aren’t lovely… [you all are!] but as a garden designer, landscape gardener and the man who is entrusted with the creation of something breautiful for you… The [...]
{ all posts, uncategorized } { 4 comments }photosynthesis – a useful equation
photosynthesis: n [in plants] the process by which a green plant uses sunlight to build up carbohydrate reserves. it is so to speak plants using the suns light to make its own food. It is that simple… ? The equation above basically says that if a plant takes in carbon dioxide [6CO2]/ air + [6H2O] [...]
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