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Patthana, a garden in Kiltegan Wicklow. Photograph: Richard Johnston

Does your garden peak too soon? If so, try these autumn flowering plants

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Fionnuala Fallon
September 16, 2017, 08:00

TJ Maher and Simon Kirby’s country garden looks utterly wonderful well into November

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Six things to do in the garden in September

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
September 9, 2017, 06:00

Turn those autumn blues into green fingers by saving seeds and tending to the lawn

An array of tender suuculents growing outside in Hunting Brook, the west Wicklow garden owned by Jimi Blake. Photograph: Richard Johnston

Indoors or outdoors, cactii are cool

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
September 2, 2017, 06:00

Succulents are everywhere - in quirky containers decorating the windowsills of hip apartments and embellishish everything from jewellery to bouquets, wreaths and even furniture

Alan Power is head gardener at Stourhead, the centuries-old 2,500 acre historic estate in Wiltshire

‘It’s like being the conductor of a fantastic horticultural orchestra’

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
August 26, 2017, 08:00

Corkman Alan Power on becoming the new head gardener at the famous Stourhead

OPW gardener Brian Quinn and trainee gardener Daniel Sanchez harvesting potatoes in Ashtown walled garden, surrounded by self-seeded pollinator-friendly plants such as borage and viper’s bugloss. Photograph: Richard Johnston

Ashtown’s haven for city bees

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
August 19, 2017, 08:00

OPW gardeners fine-tune their style to be as pollinator-friendly as possible

A vibrant combination of pink comsos, scarlet roses and purple lythrum growing in Helen Dillon’s old garden in Ranelagh a few years ago. Photograph: Richard Johnston

Different colours in the garden will lift or lower your mood

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
August 12, 2017, 08:00

Colour creates an atmosphere of tranquillity as easily as one of excitement and energy

The glory of a self seeding garden

Let the garden go to seed in style

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
August 5, 2017, 08:00

Self-seeding plants are a joy – and a surprise – so get ready to embrace the unexpected

Dahlias and cosmos flowering in Fionnuala’s garden. Photograph: Richard Johnston

Planning a garden party? Seven quick fixes to make it look fabulous

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
July 29, 2017, 00:00

Just when you fancy using your garden as an outdoor room, it can be looking a little tatty

Portable garden options: tulips growing in galvanised steel dustbins.

Diarmuid Gavin goes to pot with concept of city gardens

Gardens
Alanna Gallagher
July 22, 2017, 06:00

In a time of renting and mobility, why not tend your plants in transportable vessels?

There are ways to deal with slugs which don’t involve nasty chemicals. Photograph: Wodicka/ullstein bild via Getty

Slugging it out in the garden without something nasty from the shed

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
July 22, 2017, 00:00

You’ll have a better chance of controlling slugs and aphids if your soil is clean and good

Monty Don the sell-out star of Carlow Garden Festival

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
July 15, 2017, 06:00

BBC ‘Gardener’s World’ presenter heads a long list of experts at popular nine-day event

Orlaith Murphy in her Wicklow garden.

Petal power on the plate: eating your garden flowers

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
July 8, 2017, 06:00

Pick flowers and leaves for their taste as well as their good looks

The delicate bell-shaped flowers of the ornamental climber Clematis alpina. Photograph: Richard Johnston

Climbers can have tiny gardens punching above their weight

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
July 1, 2017, 06:00

Grow pint-size gardens upwards by clothing walls and fences with an array of climbing plants

Garden tools worth their weight in bronze and copper

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
June 24, 2017, 00:00

Time to clear out those rusty old tools and invest in these top-notch implements

Colourful kale leaves growing in an Irish garden. Photograph: Richard Johnston

How to keep your plants alive when you’re on holiday

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
June 17, 2017, 06:00

Take action to stop indoor plants drying out, outdoor pots suffering and slugs arriving

An array of colourful Lupins. Photograph: Richard Johnston

How to grow lovely lupins, cosmos and columbine for summer

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
June 10, 2017, 06:00

These are some of the many flowers that can be grown from seed in early summer

Freshly harvested courgettes sit next to nasturtiums in an Irish garden. Photograph: Richard Johnston

It’s not too late to grow your salads for summer

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
June 3, 2017, 06:00

Plant fast-growing lettuces, beans, peas and tomatoes now to eat in a matter of weeks

Bloom is Ireland’s biggest food and garden show, running from Thursday until Monday. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons/The Irish Times

Bloom 2017: Here’s everything you need to know

Gardens
Fionnuala Fallon
June 1, 2017, 09:36

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