The thoughts and ramblings of a landscape gardener…
Posted in every post to date, thursday garden guest on Nov 20th, 2008
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For the moment writer #4 is Damien Mulley. When I first suggested that I do a garden guest slot… suprisingly, possibly, the first person to contact me on twitter was Damien.
He owns Mulley Communications runs the Irish Blog Awards; the Irish Web [...]
Posted in every post to date, landscape design on Nov 17th, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in every post to date, thursday garden guest on Nov 13th, 2008
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For the moment writer number 3 is Marie Boran alias Pixie von Dust. A writer, editor and journalist of all things technical with Silicon Republic, Marie was recently awarded Technology journalist of year at the IIA awards. That aside Marie is [...]
Posted in every post to date, landscape design on Nov 11th, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in every post to date, my ireland on Nov 4th, 2008
i had never been but on saturday i took a stroll into Swords - just at the bottom of main street adjacent the swords castle - is where it’s all happening [10am - 4pm]. It’s not huge but it’s enough to have a relaxing, friendly day out side in the cool November air. I liked [...]
Posted in every post to date, thursday garden guest on Oct 30th, 2008
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For the moment writer number 1 is Ángel Luis González Fernández alias bohoe. A gentleman and genius photographer [a browse of his work is so worth while http://www.bohoe.com]. The graduate of Dublin Institute of Technology is now based between Dublin and Zurich. [...]
Posted in advice - garden, every post to date on Oct 22nd, 2008
this is another easy task that can [should!] be done in the garden. It also doesn’t require that much energy and is actually quite enjoyable!
It is considered generally impossible to remove ivy from trees. The only way, it seems, to do so when it is as mature as in this photograph is to cut it [...]
Posted in every post to date, horticulture in ireland on Oct 20th, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in advice - garden, every post to date on Oct 7th, 2008
Sometimes the question to be asked *is* where does the plant want to grow? A weed is defined as a plant growing in a place where it is not wanted. Sometimes i get S.O.S. emergency calls asking why a plant isn’t doing so well here, or why [ieg] Marys plant grows better for her in [...]
Posted in every post to date, my office on Sep 30th, 2008
A little after 10am today I will be on Dublin City fm 103.2 on your radio dial - for those of you with a computer click here and click listen. I will be on the Good morning show which you can also email… easy!
Of course the last time I was on the radio was with [...]
