Peter Dowdall visits some friends, old and new, on a walk around the world-renowned arboretum at Fota.

The Plant Fair happening in Fota this weekend is the ideal place to root out those sought after specimens and varieties which have eluded your grasp so far.

Fiann Ó Nualláin uses fragrant plants a lot in his horticultural therapy work, as it can calm anxious minds, enliven the dejected, as well as stimulate appetite in depressed and over-medicated patients

Peter Dowdall is in olfactory overdrive from the scent of irresistible January flowering plants.