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I had a conversation with a lady recently who was asking about a particular plant. The problem is… she may as well said can I have a Donegan…. Bear with me…. I’m trying not to make this confusing, because it confused me, at first, when it was first explained to me… hmmm Anyhow.
She asked [...]

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designer: Jóse Berado, Eleuterio Soares
owner: Jóse Berado Foundation
garden style: Portuguese-Oriental
size: 21 aces [8.5 ha]
climate: mediterranean
location: funchal madiera
[source: 1001 gardens you must see before you die]
It is very unusual for me, possibly, to go on holidays and then - for a break of sorts - to visit gardens…?
The island of Madiera is quite an intriguing place [...]

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tickets are already on sale for RHS Chelsea flower show. How do I know? Well I follow them on twitter! The RHS are on twitter here and of course donegan landscaping is on twitter here.
it’s amazing to think that even an organisation like the rhs [on the go since 1804] is embracing technology and using [...]

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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 [...]

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over at twitter the suggestion came up to have some guest writers on the doneganlandscaping weblog. People seemed quiet pleased with the suggestion ;). So we made a few rules. It had to be relevant to horticulture of any nature, type, size or style and it had to be personal… Titled ‘gardens - what I [...]

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my reasons for starting Peter Donegan Landscaping Ltd are probably quite different to those of most in business [?] to be very honest. But as I have said recently it always comes back to the fact that I love what I do.
With that in mind, I was thinking that maybe the Donegan Landscaping team might [...]

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unknows to some [it was unknown to me] and it seems Trevor Sargeant - he was away this week and his office was only emailed a report of this, this week. Baleally green waste facility in North Dublin is due to close down. For Good. Why? I don’t know. But there is no alternate commercial [...]

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so many times i hear the varying views of garden lovers versus those of ‘but sure then i’ll have to look after it..’, I hear those of [some] house builders who believe that gardens are just wasted money… the list goes on.
This should sort the home-makers from the house builders, the affectionate from the stringent [...]

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this saturday October 11th I’ll be attending this event. Peter Donegan Landscaping Ltd are sponsoring the category of best council website.
In this category are:

Galway City Council
Dublin City Council
Dublin.ie
Westmeath County Council
Belfast City Council

Why not take a look and see which one ‘you’ think is best. For more information on The Irish Web Awards check out the [...]

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the big tidy…

some call it ‘garden hygiene’ but, it is simply, really, a good darned clean up combined with a close up inspection to leave you in good stead for next year. It is what my Mother used to do before Christmas in the house - the big winter/ spring clean - so to speak.
It is absolutely [...]

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