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Gardening with Gerry: red-hot rodgersia
Gerry Daly
A spectacular plant in full growth, rodgersia also makes a show of dark-red leaves in autumn, writes Gerry Daly.
1 October 2024 Features
Living Life: branching out
Children across the country are being encouraged to step outside the classroom and plant a hawthorn tree this autumn, writes Deirdre Verney.
25 September 2024 Gardening
Gardening with Gerry: spin some garden magic
The spindle tree, known for its slender stems, earned its name from its historical use in crafting spindles for spinning wool, writes Gerry Daly.
A week in the country
Find out what caught the eye of the team this week.
25 September 2024 l2
Gardening with Mary: small but mighty
There is great optimism in starting new life when everything else is winding down in the autumn garden, writes Mary Keenan.
18 September 2024 Gardening
Gardening with Gerry: bask in the glorious harlequin
As autumn progresses, and the flowers tail off slowly, by the end of September, the harlequin glory leaves begin to take on autumn hues, writes Gerry Daly.
11 September 2024 Gardening
Enjoy red hot pokers in the garden
The South African plant loves cool conditions which makes them perfectly at home in Irish gardens, writes Gerry Daly.
28 August 2024 Gardening
Pretty penstemon
When it comes to bringing plenty of colour to your garden, the penstemon wins hands down, writes Gerry Daly.
21 August 2024 Gardening
Edimental essentials
Edimentals may well be for you if you want to grow your own food, but time and space are in short supply, writes Mary Keenan.
14 August 2024 Gardening
Gardening with Gerry: border beauties
Give your garden the summer aesthetic with some phlox and rose beds, writes Gerry Daly.
7 August 2024 Gardening
What to do with our hardwoods
The Irish Forest Owners promote hardwood growing, harvesting, selling and sawing at field days and demo events.
31 July 2024 Forestry
Fields of golden buachalán buí
How we balance human progress with protecting biodiversity is not an easy issue to resolve, writes Margaret Leahy.
31 July 2024 l2