What alternatives to peat can gardeners use? Hannah Stephenson finds out

Don’t let mould or disease eat into bumper apple crops this October. Hannah Stephenson advises how to ensure your fruit keeps its bite.

Hannah Stephenson has advice on choosing plants that don’t tend to succumb to box blight

Research suggests hanging baskets can survive on a fraction of the water we give them. Hannah Stephenson discovers six ways to water to keep them going.

Horticulture remains at the heart of the Dublin festival for Peter Dowdall, particularly the show gardens

Brexit meant the Chelsea Flower Show was an all-UK affair, but it didn’t disappoint Peter Dowdall.

The Royal Horticultural Society’s annual flagship event, the Chelsea Flower Show kicked off on Tuesday morning. Widely regarded as the top flower and garden show in the world a medal at this festival which runs this week at the Royal Hospital in Chelsea can send a career to that of a superstar in the Horticultural world.

Dublin garden designer Alan Rudden has done Ireland and Chile proud with his gold-medal success at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.

The Show Gardens in the Phoenix Park last week were as good as Chelsea, writes Peter Dowdall.

Fiann Ó Nualláin says the Carlow Garden Festival has something for all interests

Greening Grey Britain is an RHS initiative to convert dreary grey and tarmacked spaces into beautiful green and vibrant garden areas.

The world of showbusiness collides in London this week with the world of gardening in the form of the colourful explosion that is the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

Peter Dowdall on the work that goes on behind Chelsea Flower Show, organised by designer, Tom Harfleet.

Don’t forget the West Cork Garden Trail which offers the best of 15 gardens in sublime locations for the viewing public. Opening times are available on www.westcorkgardentrain.com 

 

Gary Graham had a dream. The reality is bigger than anyone could have imagined, writes Fiann Ó Núalláin.

Irish designer Diarmuid Gavin has backed a black Chelsea Flower Show designer who complained that gardening is filled with “double-barrelled” people.

 

 

On returning from a recent trip to Ikea I had to ditch the habit of a lifetime, I gave in and read the instructions.

Herbalist and gardener, Jekka McVicar talks about her Chelsea Flower Show garden to Hannah Stevenson.

Fiann O Nualláin begins a new gardening column this week just as the year is beginning to wind down. He discusses the end of autumn 

I am a GIYer — I grow a lot of my own food — I don’t use chemicals because I don’t want to eat chemicals. Instead I make my own fertilisers from comfrey and nettles. 

Peter Dowdall welcomes the arrival of garden show season, including his personal favourite in Mallow.

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Mitchelstown Flower and Garden Club are hosting a teaching and work night demonstration with Bernadette Scanlon at the Town Hall on Thursday, October 30 at 8pm. 

USA: A 40-year-old woman tackled a 20-year-old man fleeing from police in Washington state, then taunted him about being taken down by a grandmother.

That’s the question Peter Dowdall poses this week on foot of new research into the life cycle of garden plants.

Gardens should incorporate plants native to the locality and not use too many alien species

MOST of us adore the gift of an appropriate book, and with so many new titles in the Home & Garden section, there really is something to excite every reader.

ANYONE who has been following my column for the last 10 weeks will have noticed that each week I have featured a plant from the RHS shortlist for Plant of the Centenary.

Helen Mirren and Ringo Starr were among the celebrities who flocked to the world’s most famous flower show for a sneak preview ahead of the Queen’s official visit.

Diarmuid Gavin has missed out on designing a garden for this year’s Chelsea Flower Show — but is planning the biggest ever garden at Hampton Court.

FOR gardeners, a visit to one of the many Royal Horticultural Society flower shows is a treat, and 2013 promises to be one of the most memorable years.

A Wicklow-based artist has picked up a top prize at the UK's presitigious Chelsea Flower Show.

CELEBRITY gardener Diarmuid Gavin has called for a halt to the spending of any more taxpayers’ money on the relocation of his Irish Sky Garden in Cork.

Wonder who some of the top gardeners in history were? Charlie Wilkins takes a trip down memory lane to tell us more

CELEBRITY gardener Diarmuid Gavin feared for his reputation in the run-up to last May’s Chelsea Flower Show, it emerged yesterday.

GARDENING can help boost a child’s development and make them happier, research suggests today.