phil… thursday garden guest #7
If you’d like to know more about Thursday garden guest time – click here For the moment, garden guest #7 is Phil O’Kane alias Iced-coffee. A photographer of genius, a blogger of personality and a decent man who, if he could help – he would. That’s a pretty good start in life where I come [...]
{ all posts, weblog garden guests } { 2 comments }khayelitsha, south africa 2008 – part 1
There are a few reasons why people maybe wondering why I didn’t write live from ths years Niall Mellon Township Trust journey. Firstly, it was impossible, for me and secondly they had a live blog here from every team there which gave a better overall picture. I was of course only one of over 2,000 [...]
{ all posts, thinking of others } { 4 comments }Rick… thursday garden guest #6
If you’d like to know more about Thursday garden guest time – click here For the moment writer #6 is Rick O’Shea. Everyone knows his the man on 2fm that helps get use through the afternoon slumps. Without Rick’s help I’d have been giving someone a big pink Christmas present, luckily through his call across [...]
{ all posts, weblog garden guests } { 5 comments }[another] 9 great gifts for a gardener this christmas
For any garden enthusiast you might know here are my suggestions that ARE 1000% better than socks and a CD. If you prefer cooked turkey and a kiss under the mistletoe over a good scrap with the mother in law and some frozen sprouts..? Here’s my thinking cap – put it on this year for [...]
{ all posts, office } { 0 comments }south africa, 2008, gardens & the niall mellon township…
Thursday 27th November I will go to Cape Town for the second time until the 8th December to work as part of a garden team of over 100 people to build community gardens. The gardens are only a part of what will happen in Cape Town as this year [again] over 2000 people, mainly from [...]
{ all posts, thinking of others } { 5 comments }10 things to make you happy…
I had written a list of [10] garden posts that were relevant to the people of Ballyboughal over here and I’d also given a list of the top 10 garden posts you liked the most. That aside, and with 8 odd weeks to Christmas this is my Top 10 thing to make you happy… or [...]
{ all posts, smile...? } { 8 comments }st. stephens green – faiche stiabhna
one of my favourite parks. I have always gone here. The memories for me start as a child; to my first girlfriend and now as [ahem?]…. as an elder. I really do love St Stephens Green. Steeped in history [great info on all things dublin here] it is not just a beautiful park for the [...]
{ all posts, parks & places } { 0 comments }thanks mate, that was nice of you!
After Bloom I sent out a postcard to [the so very many who deserved a massive] say thank you. Amongst the so very many, I also sent one to Diarmuids office. That said, this isn’t the first time the now famous postcard has received acclaim! Anyhow, it was [pictured left] given a somewhat surprising, yet [...]
{ all posts, media } { 2 comments }the taxi regulator and the rank…
This isn’t Ireland, it’s Maderia! I know we can’t grow bananas in Ireland. I’m not suggesting we go bananas – but how about pretty[er] taxi ranks? Most Irish taxi ranks look **** [you say it]! Generally not pretty. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a pretty one. I hear *The* Taxi Union President Tommy Gorman. [...]
{ all posts, ireland } { 0 comments }the pink boat – the finalé
when I started this journey some people laughed. I was happy they smiled, how or why is irrelevant I suppose. Maybe some people thought I did this garden for some alternate reasons or other [?]. I didn’t. I had no sponsor. I had no money. I just had a dream to create. I still have. [...]
{ all posts, my show garden[s] } { 18 comments }gardeners ball – black tie, green carpet event
does the mister never bring you anywhere? do you fancy treating yourself to an evening among the ‘you scrub up wells’ of this world or did you just fancy seeing yourself dressed up as James Bond ? At 250 euro a ticket with Diarmuid Gavin as guest speaker this is your chance to walk the [...]
{ all posts, thinking of others } { 3 comments }gentlemen? time to stand up & be counted
I took the DART into Dublin City recently. Been a while since I have. On the BUS home I took this picture and thought it would be a great poster to be put on all DART trains. Reared with 4 sisters [& 3 brothers] I don’t wish to suggest a ‘National Peter Day’ of celebration [...]
{ all posts, ireland } { 5 comments }building a[another] garden in south africa [4]
these are just some of the amazing people [sorry garden of hope ladies but it's the only pic I have at the moment] who were involved in the garden that was built in South Africa. In the centre [wearing the brown hat] is Dominic Loughran who designed the wonderful garden and the person who also [...]
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