Mary Reynolds caused a stir when she became Ireland’s first gold medal winner at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2002 in a category which included Britain’s Prince Charles.

The Plant Fair, which take place on Sunday September, 14 at Fota House, will be hosted by the Irish Specialist Nursery Association. 

¦ Cork Garden Club presents a talk by Ciarán Burke, of The Garden School, on: ‘The Spring Garden — Colour and Design’, at Ashton School, Cork, on February 13, at 8pm.

THE recent storms that battered have left their mark on gardens across Ireland, with trees and plants succumbing to ferocious gales.

FORTY years after they helped set up an ICA guild in Cill na Martra, Mary Scriven and Eileen O’Connell were on hand for recent events at which the anniversary was celebrated in a display of cuttings, photographs and craft exhibits.

“LAZY autumn days in all their glory...” was a line of a song I heard as a youth.

Green campaigners are to grow a forest in memory of late Clash frontman Joe Strummer to recognise his environmental efforts.