Your botanic journey can yield the rich reward of relaxation in many ways, says Fiann Ó Nualláin.

Fiann Ó Nualláin on his love for Corylus avellana, its bounty of its food medicine and gardening materials

There are many advantages to growing this tasty fruit, says Fiann Ó Nualláin

If you can fill a brown bin you can fill a compost heap, says Fiann Ó Nualláin

Prevention is so much better than cure, says Fiann Ó Nualláin, who offers gardeners timely advice on guarding face and body against those potentially damaging ultra-violet rays this season and beyond.

Plants that conjure up the otherworldly beings in their name are the ones to watch, says Fiann Ó Nualláin.

As a child, Fiann Ó Nualláin channelled his inner Indiana Jones in pursuit of this jewel-like fruit.

Plants can be deadly as well as beautiful. Fiann Ó Nualláin has advice on growing your own pesticides

Fiann Ó Nualláin tackles a thorny subject with gusto as he reveals the benefits of a nutrient-dense berry.

Ready to embrace the natural world? Fiann Ó Nualláin outlines how it will benefit you.

Put the kettle on, make a cuppa and read on to see why Fiann Ó Nualláin loves this tipple

Growing beetroot yourself will pay dividends when it comes to sustenance and health, says Fiann Ó Nualláin.

Inspired by the Roman god of war, Fiann Ó Nualláin is determined to do battle against pests.

Chilly weather can sweeten or mellow some winter vegetables, writes Fiann Ó Nualláin.

All gardens have healing power thanks to natural plant aromatherapy, writes Fiann Ó Nualláin

Fiann Ó Nualláin reports on how discarded peel can be used as a spray to make your plants stronger.

Gardening has dried up because of the persistent rain and occasional snow, says Fiann Ó Nualláin, who shamelessly proclaims that he hasn’t done a tap: no spuds in, no strawberries; no peas started — nothing

Fiann Ó Nualláin says let’s face it — slugs and snails are the bad guys in your garden.

Fiann Ó Nualláin looks at the role of shamrock as part of a spring cleansing ritual in our healing tradition

This month we start the first of our regular, readers’ questions column with expert, Fiann Ó Nualláin.

Rose Martin looks at a range of books for reading and for giving as gifts over the holiday season, including Fiann Ó Nualláin’s latest work on mindfulness wrapped in the very practical Irish tradition of the seanfhocail

* Between flooding, the new storm season and the too-cold-to-move-your-fingers weather, many of us are lagging behind. But no harm, the garden will catch up.

Valerie O’Connor looks at a list of new books that focus on health and well-being and, most especially, quality food. 

I have been as busy as a monastic scribe recently, working early to late, on a new book and translating some bardic poetry into inspiration for a garden I hope to create.

Ann Slattery, Ennis Aoifa will demonstrate for Cork Flower club on May 19 in Canon Packham Hall Douglas at 8pm. Please bring crafts in aid of Motor Neurone Research

GARDENS are places of pleasure, relaxation, fresh air, and exercise, but they involve work that is synonymous with aching backs and therapeutic activity. But gardens are also a place of accidents, so safety is paramount.

* The award-winning garden of Gertie and Maurice O’Donoghue at Dromboy, Carrignavar, will open this Saturday and Sunday from 2pm to 6pm in aid of the Friends of Marymount.

Ireland’s biggest garden festival is a feast for the senses, President Michael D Higgins declared when he opened Bloom 2012 yesterday.

Top garden designers have started getting down and dirty for Ireland’s biggest garden festival.

MORE THAN 60,000 visitors are expected to flock to Dublin today for day one of Bloom 2011, Ireland’s biggest garden festival.

“GROW Your Own” will be the central theme of Bloom ’09 which will be held in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, over the June Bank Holiday weekend.

THE flowering beauty of Ireland has been fused with inspiring designs to create a summer wonderland of gardening colour and freshness at Bloom, the country’s answer to the Chelsea Flower Show.