going green – is it a waste?

I made a conscious decision some time ago that if the earth, landscaping to be precise, was my work then I as best as possible and the donegan landscaping team should work to a little more for the earth. It sounds like a fair deal and it is. It wasn’t that I/we did nothing green [...]

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inspired by street planting?!!

If nothing else apart from making you smile on a Monday morning… wouldn’t it be simply breathtaking if every piece of public area space had as much thought put into it! We may not be able to freely or as easily grow the same varieties of plants in Ireland but horticulture does allow us to [...]

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hedges – formal or informal

 If cutting nee maintaining fine lines of pristine planting isn’t for you then a formal hedge is not what you want. If however you like trimming or cutting from time to time and don’t mind ‘organised chaos’ then maybe you do! But a hedge as we [becoming elder] Irish know it, is something that requires [...]

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rootballs, bare roots & whips

All across Ireland on motorways, farmland and construction sites planting is taking place – but time waits for no man, to plant. Some say winter is the quite period for landscaping – I don’t really agree. There are exceptions to every rule but in general, plants [bare roots/ whips] are dormant in winter. This allows, [...]

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judges comments & the alci awards

We received the Judges comments on our garden today. They said; ‘for exemplary standard of landscaping’ judges’ commented on the Private Garden Landscaping [award of merit] & the Private Garden Maintenance [winning garden] “the work illustrates a consisted commitment to horticultural excellence in a restoration project that requires a keen understanding of the client’s requirements. [...]

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two landscaping awards for brackenstown house

October 18th 2007 saw Peter Donegan Landscaping Ltd win two  national landscaping awards as both designer and contractor. Donegan Landscaping won the award of Merit in the best private garden category and the overall award for best private garden maintenance, whilst  Peter Donegan received award as designer of Veronica and Paddy Campbells 27 acre 16th [...]

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tree planting – what, when, how – now

Tree planting season has just about arrived. This doesn’t mean you can’t plant trees, it just means, like giving presents to your neighbours, there is a main season for it. Like tree planting, you can of course do this any time you like. However unlike Christmas, at this time of year it can be a [...]

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