CORK GIY will have its first first outdoor visit of the year, and seedling swap at Knocknaheeny/Hollyhill Community Gardens. 

Coolagown Development Group were this year’s winners in the Community and Voluntary Sector of the Cork Environmetal Forum’s annual Environmental Awards. 

Tralee Flower & Garden Club present “The Magic of Christmas” by Rose Hickey in the Grand Hotel, Tralee, on Monday November 17 at 8pm.

The Owenabue Garden and Flower Club, Carrigaline, will hold its decorative show on Monday, October 20 at 8pm in the Church of Ireland School Hall, (entrance beside the main gates to the Community School). 

¦ Cork Flower Club have Beatrice Hartog, AOIFA, to demonstrate on Tuesday, February 18 at Canon Packham Hall, Douglas, at 8pm.

The winter garden of Hester Forde, Coosheen in Glounthaune, Co Cork, will open for the viewing of snowdrops and early spring bulbs on Saturday, January 28, and Saturday, February 11, from 11am. Snowdrops and spring bulbs for sale. Park on main road. Entry fee will aid Marymount Hospice.

AS LEVEL as a billiard table and a real sun trap. That’s how Tom Brady describes a 9.2-acre holding near Carey’s Cross, Bandon.

A MAN who claims his wife’s mental state is a threat to her own and his safety is planning to mount a picket on the psychiatric unit that has refused to admit her.

THE vast majority of climate scientists — 2,500 of them — agree that global warming is upon us, at least partly due to the release of CO2 into the atmosphere due to our consumption of energy which has been produced mainly by the burning of fossil fuels since the start of the industrial revolution.

A COUNTY Cork woman is to undertake the walk of a lifetime to raise money for the impoverished street children of Calcutta.