Joanna Blythman, Alys Fowler, Mark Diacono and other top names in the food and gardening world are lined up for GIY Grow Fest in Waterford, from September 11 to 13.

Kitty Scully takes a closer look at Michael Kelly’s ‘Grow Cook Eat’ which is packed with everything you need to know about how to grow, harvest and cook your own vegetables as well as celebrity chef recipes too.

MICHAEL KELLY and his merry team of GIYers are definitely ‘ change makers’. Similar to Slow Food, this movement was born out of frustration and indignation. 

Kitty Scully hears the buzz around bees at the GIY AGM in Waterford.

After nearly a year of ‘Gatherings’ up, down, and around the country, it’s hard to believe the original Gathering is only a week away.

Even if you don’t know your radishes from your rhubarb, there is something for all the family at the first Ballymaloe Garden Festival which takes place this weekend at the East Cork gardens located around Ballymaloe House and Ballymaloe Cookery School.

A garden has its cycles, say Charlie Wilkins and preparing for the inevitable makes sense.

As we approach winter, drastic pruning and reduction is needed, says Charlie Wilkins.

ALYS FOWLER dedicated her book The Thrifty Forager “to my mother — thank you for teaching me to eat my weeds” — how cool is that!

ALYS FOWLER dedicated her book The Thrifty Forager “to my mother — thank you for teaching me to eat my weeds” — how cool is that!